Socioeconomic inequality in cigarette smoking: Trends by gender, age, and socioeconomic position in South Korea, 1989-2003

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 415-422

  Khang, Young Ho ^a   Cho, Hong Jun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Education; Occupation; Socioeconomic inequality; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33744927900     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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