Smoking and deprivation: Are there neighbourhood effects?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-505

  Duncan, Craig ^a   Jones, Kelvyn ^a   Moon, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Multilevel modelling; Neighbourhood effects; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MODEL; SMOKING;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032896075     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00360-8     Document Type: Article

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