Smoking in urban African Americans: Behaviors, gender differences, and motivation to quit

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 532-539

  Woods, Malaika N ^a   Harris, Kari Jo ^a   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^a   Schmelzle, Kristin H ^a   Mayo, Matthew S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Blacks; Men; Motivation; Smoking; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035463380     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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