Sociocultural determinants of tobacco use among Cambodian Americans

Health Education Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 355-365

  Friis, Robert H ^a   Forouzesh, Mohammed ^a   Chhim, Him S ^b   Monga, Sheetal ^a   Sze, Donna ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cambodian Association of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMBODIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS; TOBACCO;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CAMBODIA; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 33745640462     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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