Homelessness and smoking cessation: Insights from focus groups

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-296

  Okuyemi, Kolawole S ^a,b   Caldwell, Amelia R ^a   Thomas, Janet L ^b   Born, Wendi ^d   Richter, Kimber P ^b   Nollen, Nicole ^b   Braunstein, Katherine ^e   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d BAKER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ILLICIT DRUG; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BOREDOM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 33646417674     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200500494971     Document Type: Article

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