Is acculturation a risk factor for early smoking initiation among Chinese American minors? A comparative perspective

Tobacco Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 402-410

  Chen, Xinguang ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Anderson Johnson, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescence; Chinese Americans; Smoking initiation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033255397     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.8.4.402     Document Type: Article

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