Small area estimates reveal high cigarette smoking prevalence in low-income cities of los angeles county

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-406

  Cui, Yan ^a,c   Baldwin, Susie B ^a   Lightstone, Amy S ^a   Shih, Margaret ^a   Yu, Hongjian ^b   Teutsch, Steven ^c  

^a Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities; Los angeles county; Small area estimation; Smoking prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENSUSES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863774318     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9615-0     Document Type: Article

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