Prevalence of tobacco use among Alaska natives: A review

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 460-465

  Kaplan, Stephanie D ^a   Lanier, Anne P ^a   Merritt, Robert K ^b   Siegel, Paul Z ^c  

^a Alaska Area Native Health Service   (United States)

^b Office on Smoking and Health   (United States)

^c Division of Behavioral Surveillance   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Natives; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ESKIMO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031193848     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0165     Document Type: Review

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