Smoking-related attitudes and their sociodemographic correlates among mexican-origin adult smokers

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-220

  Serrano, Veronica A ^a   Woodruff, Susan I ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Latinos; Smoking; Smoking knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPECTATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037647148     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022960324683     Document Type: Review

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