The association between family affluence and smoking among 15-year-old adolescents in 33 European countries, Israel and Canada: The role of national wealth

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 162-173

  Pförtner, Timo Kolja ^a   Moor, Irene ^a   Rathmann, Katharina ^a   Hublet, Anne ^b   Molcho, Michal ^c   Kunst, Anton E ^d   Richter, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cross national comparison; HBSC; National wealth; Socio economic status; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; INCOME; ISRAEL; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CANADA; CHILD; EUROPE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; INCOME; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84923139425     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12741     Document Type: Article

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