Socioeconomic inequality in smoking in low-income and middle-income countries: results from the World Health Survey.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the magnitude and pattern of socioeconomic inequality in current smoking in low and middle income countries. METHODS: We used data from the World Health Survey [WHS] in 48 low-income and middle-income countries to estimate the crude prevalence of current smoking according to ho...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Lucy Anne Parker, Edouard Tursan d'Espaignet, Somnath Chatterji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3430638?pdf=render