Overcoming confounding of race with socio-economic status and segregation to explore race disparities in smoking

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 65-70

  LaVeist, Thomas A ^a   Thorpe Jr , Roland J ^a   Mance, GiShawn A ^a   Jackson, John ^a   William, C ^a   Richardson, Nancy F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated community; Race disparities; Residential segregation; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548570859     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01956.x     Document Type: Article

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