Tobacco knowledge and beliefs in Chinese American men

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 434-438

  Hu, Kent K ^a,b   Woodall, Erica D ^b   Hoai Do, H ^b   Tu, Shin Ping ^a,b   Thompson, Beti ^a,b   Acorda, Elizabeth ^b   Li, Lin ^b   Taylor, Vicky M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Americans; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO; WASHINGTON;

EID: 39049187112     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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