Smoking patterns within a primary care sample of resettled Bosnian refugees

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 407-414

  Weaver, Terri L ^a   Čajdrić, Aida ^a   Jackson, Erik R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Refugees; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STRESS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN HEALTH; WAR;

EID: 48449089335     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9102-6     Document Type: Article

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