Acculturation and cigarette smoking among Korean American men

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 875-882

  Juon, Hee Soon ^a   Kim, Miyong ^b   Han, Haera ^b   Ryu, Jai P ^c   Han, Wolmi ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Alcohol use; Cigarette smoking; Korean American men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242575052     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2003.44.5.875     Document Type: Article

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