Does the pattern of educational inequalities in smoking in Western Europe depend on the choice of survey?

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 587-597

  Kulik, Margarete C ^a   Eikemo, Terje A ^a   Regidor, Enrique ^b   Menvielle, Gwenn ^c,d   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

International comparison; Smoking; Socioeconomic inequalities; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905401814     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0560-z     Document Type: Article

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