Cigarette smoking and poverty in China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2784-2790

  Liu, Yuanli ^a   Rao, Keqin ^b   Hu, Teh wei ^c   Sun, Qi ^d   Mao, Zhenzhong ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Expenditure; Poverty; Smoking; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; MEDICINE; POVERTY; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POVERTY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33750051372     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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