Socioeconomic position and smoking behaviour in Danish adults

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-39

  Osler, Merete ^a   Holstein, Bjørn ^a   Damsgaard, Mogens Trab ^a   Avlund, Kirsten ^b   Rasmussen, Niels kr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

birth cohort; education; occupation; smoking; socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0035287802     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948010290010801     Document Type: Article

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