Gender differences in smoking and meanings of smoking in Asian-American college students

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-463

  Hsia, Fan Ni ^a   Spruijt Metz, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; College students; Gender; Meanings of smoking; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 42149141220     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308088516     Document Type: Article

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