Contextualizing smoking: Masculinity, femininity and class differences in smoking in men and women from three generations in the west of Scotland

Health Education Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-249

  Hunt, Kate ^a   Hannah, Mary Kate ^a   West, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASCULINITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 2642551339     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyg061     Document Type: Article

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