Decennial trends of social differences in smoking habits in Italy: A 30-year update

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1385-1391

  Gorini, Giuseppe ^a   Carreras, Giulia ^a   Allara, Elias ^b,c   Faggiano, Fabrizio ^b  

^a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Education; Gender differences; Smoking prevalence; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878918842     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-013-0218-9     Document Type: Article

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