Cross-national gender differences in the socioeconomic factors associated with smoking in Australia, the United States of America and South Korea

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-353

  French, Davina J ^a   Jang, Soong Nang ^b   Tait, Robert J ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Australia; Gender differences; Older adults; Smoking; South Korea; United States of America

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878730110     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0430-5     Document Type: Article

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