Smoking Cessation in African-Americans

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 312-318

  Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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