The importance of location for tobacco cessation: Rural-urban disparities in quit success in underserved West Virginia Counties

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-115

  Northridge, Mary E ^a   Vallone, Donna ^b   Xiao, Haijun ^b   Green, Molly ^b   Blackwood, Julia Weikle ^c   Kemper, Suzanne E ^d   Duke, Jennifer ^b   Watson, Kimberly A ^e   Burrus, Barri ^e   Treadwell, Henrie M ^f  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^c Health Education and Research Institute   (United States)

^d Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 41849109829     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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