Risk of smoking initiation among Mexican immigrants before and after immigration to the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-100

  Stoddard, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigration; Mexican Americans; Mexico; Smoking initiation; USA

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMIGRANT; MEXICO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649271442     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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