The sociocultural context of Korean American men's smoking behavior

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 604-623

  Sun, Seog Kim ^a   Son, Haein ^b   Nam, Kyoung A ^c  

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

^b Creedmoor Psychiatric Center   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Culture; Gender; Koreans; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 24644498705     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945905276258     Document Type: Review

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