Korean male smokers' perceptions of tobacco control policies in the United States

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-229

  Sun, Seog Kim ^a   Nam, Kyoung A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Health policy; Immigrants; Koreans; Tobacco control policies

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ADVERTISING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIVIL RIGHTS; COMMERCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PUBLIC FACILITIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIAL VALUES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 21644437855     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220305.x     Document Type: Review

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