Cigarette smoking is negatively associated with family average income among urban and rural men in Regional Mainland China

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-23

  Xu, Fei ^a,b   Yin, XiaoMei ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Ware, Robert S ^c   Leslie, Eva ^d   Owen, Neville ^c  

^a NANJING MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Smoking; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846848037     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-006-9043-7     Document Type: Article

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