Disparities in smoking behaviors among those with and without disabilities from 2001 to 2005

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 526-535

  Becker, Heather ^a   Brown, Adama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

People with disabilities; Smoking behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54249106866     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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