Racial discrimination and cigarette smoking among Blacks: Findings from two studies

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-202

  Landrine, Hope ^a   Klonoff, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Racial Discrimination; Racism; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034153124     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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