Cigarette smoking and lesbian and bisexual women in the Bronx

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-37

  Sanchez, John P ^a,b   Meacher, Peter ^a   Beil, Robert ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bronx Lesbian Gay Hlth Rsrc C   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Black Hispanic women; Cigarette smoking; Family health; Lesbian health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BISEXUALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; PREVALENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 12944279742     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-004-6093-2     Document Type: Article

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