Female ever-smoking, education, emancipation and economic development in 19 European countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1271-1278

  Schaap, Maartje M ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Leinsalu, Mall ^b,c   Regidor, Enrique ^d   Espelt, Albert ^e   Ekholm, Ola ^f   Helmert, Uwe ^g   Klumbiene, Jurate ^h   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^h KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Comparative; Economic development; Emancipation; Europe; Female ever smoking; Smoking; Socio economic inequalities; Women

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EQUITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GENDER ROLE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 62249153247     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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