Myths and attitudes that sustain smoking in China

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 654-666

  Ma, Shaojun ^a   Hoang, Mai Anh ^b   Samet, Jonathan M ^b   Wang, Junfang ^a   Mei, Cuizhu ^c   Xu, Xuefang ^c   Stillman, Frances A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 55049122139     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730802412222     Document Type: Article

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