Education inequality in mortality: The age and gender specific mediating effects of cigarette smoking

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 662-673

  Denney, Justin T ^a   Rogers, Richard G ^b   Hummer, Robert A ^c   Pampel, Fred C ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Education; Inequality; Mortality; SES

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953232277     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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