Educational inequalities in three smoking-related causes of death in 18 european populations

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 507-518

  Kulik, Margarete C ^a   Menvielle, Gwenn ^b,c   Eikemo, Terje A ^a   Bopp, Matthias ^d   Jasilionis, Domantas ^e   Kulhánová, Ivana ^a   Leinsalu, Mall ^f,g   Martikainen, Pekka ^h   Östergren, Olof ⁱ   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; LITHUANIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84898614396     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntt175     Document Type: Article

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