Pleasure or pain? A profile of smokers in Northern England

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 760-768

  Edwards, R ^a,c   McElduff, P ^a,c   Harrison, R A ^a,b,c   Watson, K ^a,c   Butler, G ^a,c   Elton, P ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Bolton Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d Bury Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health profile; Health survey; Smoking; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

BOLTON; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WIGAN [ENGLAND];

EID: 33746382235     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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