Educational differences in smoking: International comparison

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7242, 2000, Pages 1102-1107

  Cavelaars, A E J M ^a   Kunst, A E ^a   Mackenbach, J P ^a   Geurts, J J M ^b   Crialesi, R ^c   Grotvedt L ^d   Lahelma, E ^f   Lundberg, O ^g   Matheson, J ^h   Mielck, A ⁱ   Rasmussen, N Kr ^j   Regidor, E ^k   do Rosario Giraldes M ^l   Spuhler, Th ^m   Helmert, U ^e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^d STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h Office of National Statistics   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^k Ministry of Environment   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^m Swiss Federal Statistical Office   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 0034701421     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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