Regional surveillance of social and geographic inequalities in smoking: The case of Montréal, Canada

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-249

  Généreux, Mélissa ^a,b   Roy, Mathieu ^a,c   Montpetit, Christiane ^d   Azzou, Sadoune Ait Kaci ^d   Gratton, Jean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de l'Estrie   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Educational status; Health status disparities; Population surveillance; Public health; Smoking

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84856571338     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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