How much do rural Hispanics know about the adverse health risks of smoking?

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 151-155

  Butkovic, Tania ^a   Hegde, Ramanujan S ^a   Hughes, Susan ^a   Lourie, Andrea ^a   Schafer, Sean ^a  

^a University Medical Center Fresno   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING;

EID: 0035192154     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2001.tb00950.x     Document Type: Article

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