What is the contribution of smoking and socioeconomic position to ethnic inequalities in mortality in New Zealand?

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9529, 2006, Pages 44-52

  Blakely, Tony ^a   Fawcett, Jackie ^a   Hunt, Darren ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LABOR; MALE; MAORI; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; TOBACCO;

EID: 33745386338     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68813-2     Document Type: Article

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