Does place of residence matter? Contextual effects and smoking in Christchurch

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1120, 2000, Pages 433-435

  Barnett, J Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY AREAS; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034721895     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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