Higher smoking prevalence in urban compared to non-urban areas: Time trends in six European countries

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 702-712

  Idris, Berlian I ^a,b   Giskes, Katrina ^a,c   Borrell, Carme ^d   Benach, Joan ^e   Costa, Guiseppe ^f   Federico, Bruno ^g   Helakorpi, Satu ^h   Helmert, Uwe ⁱ   Lahelma, Eero ^j   Moussa, Kontie M ^k   Östergren, Per Olof ^k   Prättälä, Ritva ^h   Rasmussen, Niels Kr ^l   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Occupational Health Research Unit   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^h NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^k LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Europe; Inequalities; Smoking; Urban non urban areas

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SMOKING; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPAIN; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34047128530     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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