Social class, smoking and the severity of respiratory symptoms in the general population

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 340-343

  Trinder, Paul M ^a   Croft, Peter R ^a   Lewis, Martyn ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

HEALTH IMPACT; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034031754     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.5.340     Document Type: Article

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