Residential area deprivation predicts smoking habit independently of individual educational level and occupational social class. A cross sectional study in the Norfolk cohort of the European Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk)

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 270-276

  Shohaimi, S ^b   Luben, R ^b   Wareham, Nicholas ^b   Day, N ^b   Bingham, S ^c   Welch, A ^b   Oakes, S ^b   Khaw, K T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORFOLK ISLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0242668861     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.4.270     Document Type: Article

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