Smoking initiation, continuation and prevalence in deprived urban areas compared to non-deprived urban areas in The Netherlands

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-137

  Kuipers, Mirte A G ^a   Wingen, Marleen ^b   Stronks, Karien ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Directorate for Socio Economic and Spatial Statistics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Area deprivation; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Smoking continuation; Smoking initiation; Socioeconomic status; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CONTINUATION; SMOKING HABIT; SMOKING INITIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84877052274     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.038     Document Type: Article

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