Purchasing patterns and smoking behaviors after a large tobacco tax increase: A study of Chinese Americans living in New York City

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-146

  Cantrell, Jennifer ^a   Hung, Dorothy ^a   Fahs, Marianne C ^b   Shelley, Donna ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SMOKING; TAX; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SMOKING; TAXES;

EID: 44049093708     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300206     Document Type: Article

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