Socioeconomic status over the life course and stages of cigarette use: Initiation, regular use, and cessation

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 802-808

  Gilman, Stephen E ^a,b   Abrams, D B ^b   Buka, S L ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141991286     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.10.802     Document Type: Article

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