High quit ratio among Asian immigrants in California: Implications for population tobacco cessation

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, Shu Hong ^a   Wong, Shiushing ^a   Tang, Hao ^b   Shi, Chih Wen ^a   Chen, Moon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 35948984743     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200701587037     Document Type: Article

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