Differences in smoking and quitting experiences by levels of smoking among African Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-133

  Okuyemi, Kolawole S ^a   Ahluwalla, Jasjit S ^a   Banks, Rachel ^a   Harris, Kari Jo ^a   Mosier, Michael C ^a   Nazir, Niaman ^a   Powell, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Light; Occasional; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; RELIGION; SELF HELP; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CITIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342330570     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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