Pervalence and predictors of smoking behavior among Samoans in three geographical regions

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 305-315

  Mishra, Shiraz I ^a,d   Osann, Kathryn ^b   Luce, Pat H ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c National Office of Samoan Affairs   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority group; Pacific Islander; Samoan; Smoking; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN SAMOA; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN SAMOA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HAWAII; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 17644419675     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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