Tobacco use among South Asians: Results of a community-university collaborative study

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-145

  Glenn, Beth Ann ^a   Surani, Zul ^b,c   Chawla, Neetu ^a   Bastani, Roshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b South Asian Network   (United States)

^c Cancer Information Service California Region   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based; South Asians; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICY STRATEGY; SMOKING; SOCIAL POLICY; TOBACCO; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; BIDI SMOKING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALDIVES; MALE; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66949132964     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802307817     Document Type: Article

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