Smoking among Disadvantaged Women: Causes and Cessation

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-60

  Stewart, Miriam J ^a   Gillis, Angela ^b   Brosky, Gerry ^a   Johnston, Grace ^a   Kirkland, Susan ^a   Leigh, Gillian ^c   Persaud, Vena ^d   Rootman, Irving ^d   Jackson, Susan ^e   Pawliw Fry, Betty Anne ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Cape Breton Regional Hospital   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Atl Component Women Smoking Proj

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0030096745     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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