Socioeconomic status and alcohol use among urban and rural residents in China

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 952-966

  Wu, Bei ^a   Mao, Zong Fu ^b   Rockett, Ian R H ^a   Yue, Yuwen ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; China; Rural residents; Socioeconomic status (SES); Urban residents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 45949093357     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701204961     Document Type: Article

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