Smoking and Ill health: Does lay epidemiology explain the failure of smoking cessation programs among deprived populations?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 266-270

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Frankel, Stephen ^a   Shaw, Mary ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037311384     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.2.266     Document Type: Review

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