Associations of subjective social status with nondaily and daily smoking

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 245-253

  Reitzel, Lorraine R ^a,c   Buchanan, Taneisha S ^b   Nguyen, Nga ^c   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nondaily smoking; Smoking level; Subjective social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888864928     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.38.2.10     Document Type: Article

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