Attitudes and beliefs about smoking among African-American college students at historically black colleges and universities

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 338-344

  Powe, Barbara D ^a,c   Ross, Louie ^b   Cooper, Dexter L ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Attitudes and beliefs; Historically black colleges and universities; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA QUESTIONNAIRE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING SCALE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34247202696     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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