Socioeconomic status and smoking: Analysing inequalities with multiple indicators

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 262-269

  Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Karvonen, Sakari ^b   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Education; Income; Occupational status; Smoking; Socioeconomic differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 25844474432     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki115     Document Type: Article

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