The association of county-level socioeconomic factors with individual tobacco and alcohol use: a longitudinal study of U.S. adults

The association of county-level socioeconomic factors with individual tobacco and alcohol use: a longitudinal study of U.S. adults

Abstract Background Place-based factors have been implicated as root causes of socioeconomic disparities in risky health behaviors such as tobacco and alcohol use. Yet few studies examine the effects of county-level socioeconomic characteristics, despite the fact that social and public health polici...

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Main Authors: Rita Hamad, Daniel M. Brown, Sanjay Basu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Alcohol
Tobacco
Area effects
County effects
Fixed effects
Health disparities
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-6700-x

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