Working class matters: socioeconomic disadvantage, race/ethnicity, gender, and smoking in NHIS 2000.

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Published in Am J Public Health on February 01, 2004

Authors

Elizabeth M Barbeau1, Nancy Krieger, Mah-Jabeen Soobader

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. elizabeth_barbeau@dfci.harvard.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Tobacco Treatment Outreach to Reduce Disparities for Primary Care Populations | NCT01156610

Promoting Smoking Cessation in Carpenters | NCT01878214

Helping Poor Smokers Quit | NCT03194958

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