Educational inequalities in smoking cessation trends in Italy, 1982-2002

Tobacco Control

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 393-398

  Federico, B ^a,b   Costa, G ^c   Ricciardi, W ^d   Kunst, A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349862261     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2008.029280     Document Type: Article

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