Patterns of tobacco-use behavior among Chinese smokers with medical conditions

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 472-479

  Wong, Candice C ^a   Tong, Elisa K ^b   Tsoh, Janice Y ^a   Chen, Meng Jinn ^c   Hom, Fred B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese American; Health status; Smoking cessation; Tobacco use behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHINESE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; STROKE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACCULTURATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 70450245221     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-009-9182-4     Document Type: Article

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