Smoking, smoking cessation, and understanding of the role of multiple cardiac risk factors among the urban poor

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 653-659

  Hyman, David J ^a,b   Simons Morton, Denise G ^a,c   Dunn, J Kay ^a   Ho, Karen ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

minority; Risk factors; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0030296969     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0103     Document Type: Article

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