Contribution of smoking to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: A study of 14 European countries, 1990–2004

Tobacco Control

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 260-268

  Gregoraci, G ^a,b   van Lenthe, F J ^a   Artnik, B ^c   Bopp, M ^d   Deboosere, P ^e   Kovacs K ^f   Looman, C W N ^a   Martikainen, P ^g   Menvielle, G ^h   Peters, F ^a   Wojtyniak, B ⁱ   de Gelder, R ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f Hungarian Central Statistical Office   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84966270088     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052766     Document Type: Article

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