Social class differences in the accounts of smoking - Striving for distinction?

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1087-1101

  Katainen, Anu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Reflexivity; Smoking; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149256072     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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