Smoking prevalence among US blacks: A southern factor?

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 280-285

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a,b,d   King, Gary ^c  

^a Dept Pub Hlth ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CDC   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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EID: 0033434183     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.23.4.5     Document Type: Article

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