Weight and smoking cessation among low-income African Americans

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 136-139

  Pollak, Kathryn I ^a,b   Namenek Brouwer, Rebecca J ^a   Lyna, Pauline ^a   Taiwo, Babafemi ^c   McBride, Colleen M ^a,b  

^a DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Lincoln Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION RISK; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING CESSATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0043170960     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00118-1     Document Type: Article

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