Poor People Smoke More

Social status is intimately linked with health-related risk factors. In the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International, Thomas Lampert, of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin, inquires to what extent smoking, physical stillness, and obesity are associated with social status (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107(1-2): 1-7)…

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