Explaining socio-economic inequalities in daily smoking: A social-ecological approach

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-243

  Huisman, Martijn ^a,b,c   Van Lenthe, Frank J ^a   Giskes, Katrina ^a,d   Kamphuis, Carlijn B M ^a,e   Brug, Johannes ^a,b   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e Social and Cultural Planning Office   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84859788397     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr039     Document Type: Article

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