Smoking cessation among African Americans: What we know and do not know about interventions and self-quitting

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-38

  Pederson, Linda L ^a   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^b   Harris, Kari Jo ^b   McGrady, Gene A ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cessation interventions; Self quitting; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033926655     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0669     Document Type: Article

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