Parental smoking and child poverty in the UK: An analysis of national survey data Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Belvin, Charmaine ^a   Britton, John ^a,b   Holmes, John ^b,c   Langley, Tessa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UK CENTRE FOR TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child poverty; Smoking prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PARENT; POVERTY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PARENTS; POVERTY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84930628750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1797-z     Document Type: Article

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