Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 71-77 , February 2010

Social capital, economic conditions, marital status and daily smoking: A population-based study

  • Martin Lindström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden
    • Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden. Tel.: +46 40 391343; fax: +46 40 336215.

Received 24 August 2009 ,Accepted 7 January 2010.

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PII: S0033-3506(10)00005-3

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.01.003

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 2 , Pages 71-77 , February 2010

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