Unemployment and smoking: Does psychosocial stress matter?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 389-395

  De Vogli, R ^a   Santinello, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 28744431880     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2004.010611     Document Type: Article

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