Hazards of smoking initiation among Asian American and non-Asian adolescents in California: A survival model analysis

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 589-599

  Chen, Xinguang ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent smoking; Asian Americans; Ethnicity; Hazard of smoking initiation; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032772525     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0487     Document Type: Article

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