Trends in smoking in Canada from 1950 to 2011: Progression of the tobacco epidemic according to socioeconomic status and geography

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-57

  Corsi, Daniel J ^a   Boyle, Michael H ^b   Lear, Scott A ^c   Chow, Clara K ^d   Teo, Koon K ^b   Subramanian, S V ^e  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Geography; Smoking; Socioeconomic status; Tobacco; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CANADA; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893643699     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-013-0307-9     Document Type: Article

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