Paying the price? The impact of smoking and obesity on health inequalities in later life

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-141

  Fors, Stefan ^a   Agahi, Neda ^b   Shaw, Benjamin ^c  

^a AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; education; inequality; obesity; old age; physical impairment; smoking; social class; socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876490661     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812468966     Document Type: Article

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