Tobacco use, secondhand smoke exposure and their related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among Asian Americans

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 725-740

  Ma, Grace X ^a,b   Shive, Steven E ^b,c   Tan, Yin ^b   Toubbeh, Jamil I ^a,b   Fang, Carolyn Y ^a,b,d   Edwards, Rosita L ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Attitude; Behavior; Knowledge; Secondhand smoke; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAMBODIA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MARRIAGE; PASSIVE SMOKING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 22444439843     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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