The health impact of smoking in manual and non-manual social class men and women: A test of the Blaxter hypothesis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1851-1856

  Marang Van De Mheen, Perla J ^a   Davey Smith, George ^b   Hart, Carole L ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mortality; Scotland; Smoking; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MEDICINE; STATISTICS;

EID: 0345593716     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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