The association between tobacco control policy and educational inequalities in smoking cessation in the Netherlands from 1988 through 2011

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1369-1376

  Bosdriesz, Jizzo R ^a   Nagelhout, Gera E ^b,c   Stronks, Karien ^a   Willemsen, Marc C ^b,c   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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SMOKING REGULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946731198     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntv004     Document Type: Article

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