Marital status and smoking in Korea: The influence of gender and age

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 609-619

  Cho, Hong Jun ^a   Khang, Young Ho ^a   Jun, Hee Jin ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Korea; Marital status; Smoking

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE; EDUCATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENDER ISSUE; MARRIAGE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 37249055100     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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