Socioeconomic and Geographic Patterning of Smoking Behaviour in Canada: A Cross-Sectional Multilevel Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Corsi, Daniel J ^a   Lear, Scott A ^b   Chow, Clara K ^c   Subramanian, S V ^d   Boyle, Michael H ^e   Teo, Koon K ^e  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874581475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057646     Document Type: Article

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