Association of environmental tobacco smoke exposure with socioeconomic status in a population of 7725 New Zealanders

Tobacco Control

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-280

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Community Health ^*

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Population survey; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0032151750     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.7.3.276     Document Type: Article

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