Impact of the 1976 Tobacco Control Act in Finland on the proportion of ever daily smokers by socioeconomic status

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-345

  Helakorpi, Satu ^a   Martelin, Tuija ^a   Torppa, Jorma ^a   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Uutela, Antti ^a   Patja, Kristiina ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Finland; Smoking initiation; Socioeconomic status; Tobacco control policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 41149083630     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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