Cigarette smoking among immigrant Salvadoreans in Washington, DC: Behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-281

  Shankar, Sharada ^a   Gutierrez Mohamed, Mary Lou ^b   Alberg, Anthony J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Cigarette smoking; Immigrants; Salvadoreans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EL SALVADOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EL SALVADOR; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033996162     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(99)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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