Differences in socioeconomic and gender inequalities in tobacco smoking in Denmark and Sweden; A cross sectional comparison of the equity effect of different public health policies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Eek, Frida ^a   Stergren, Per Olof ^b   Diderichsen, Finn ^c   Rasmussen, Niels K ^d   Andersen, Ingelise ^c   Moussa, Kontie ^b   Grahn, Mathias ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449154876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-9     Document Type: Article

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