Socio-economic disadvantage at the area level poses few direct barriers to smoking cessation for Australian smokers: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Australian cohort survey

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 653-663

  Partos, Timea R ^a   Borland, Ron ^a   Siahpush, Mohammad ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Area based measure; Australia; Smoking; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863815202     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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