Changes in the smoking-behavior of elderly Mexican Americans in the Southwest from 1982-1984 to 1993-1994

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-254

  Markides, Kyriakos S ^a   Miller, Todd Q ^a   Ray, Laura A ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Hispanics; Mexican Americans; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032789230     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0411     Document Type: Article

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