Healthier central England or North-South divide? Analysis of national survey data on smoking and high-risk drinking

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Beard, Emma ^a   Brown, Jamie ^a   West, Robert ^a   Angus, Colin ^b   Kaner, Eileen ^c   Michie, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENGLAND; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014483090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014210     Document Type: Review

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