Perceived risks of certain types of cancer and heart disease among Asian American smokers and non-smokers

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 233-246

  Ma, Grace X ^a   Tan, Yin ^a   Feeley, Rosemary M ^a   Thomas, Priya ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian americans; Cancer; Perceived risks; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER STATISTICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEART DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW JERSEY; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0036674225     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016377110022     Document Type: Review

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