Queer Quit: Gay smokers' perspectives on a culturally specific smoking cessation service

Health Expectations

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-395

  Schwappach, David L B ^a  

^a Institut fur Sucht und Gesundheitsforschung Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Homosexuality; Minority groups; Preferences; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; CULTURE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449515002     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2009.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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