Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking cessation in 11 European countries from 1987 to 2012

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 886-892

  Bosdriesz, Jizzo R ^a   Willemsen, Marc C ^b,c   Stronks, Karien ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Alliance Smokefree Holland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944163490     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-205171     Document Type: Article

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