Nativity and cigarette smoking among lower income blacks: Results from the healthy directions study

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-311

  Bennett, Gary G ^a,b   Wolin, Kathleen Y ^c   Okechukwu, Cassandra A ^a   Arthur, Carlotta M ^d   Askew, Sandy ^a,b   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b   Emmons, Karen M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Blacks; Nativity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANCER PREVENTION; CENTRAL AMERICA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45849100476     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9088-0     Document Type: Article

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