Socioeconomic distribution of smoking in a population of 10 529 New Zealanders

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1051, 1997, Pages 327-330

  Whitlock, Gary ^d   MacMahon, Stephen ^a,d   Vander Hoorn, Stephen ^b,d   Davis, Peter ^a,d   Jackson, Rodney ^a,d   Norton, Robyn ^c,d  

^a Department of Medicine ^*

^b Clinical Trials Research Unit

^c Injury Prevention Research Centre

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATION; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031565669     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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