Slowing the Epidemic of Tobacco Use among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 764-768

  Lew, Rod ^a   Tanjasiri, Sora Park ^b  

^a Asian Pac Ptnrs for Empowerment/L   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037980132     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.5.764     Document Type: Review

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