Smoking it all away: Influences of stress, negative emotions, and stigma on lesbian tobacco use

Journal of LGBT Health Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 167-179

  Gruskin, Elisabeth P ^a   Byrne, Kimberly M ^c   Altschuler, Andrea ^a   Dibble, Suzanne L ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Lesbians; Sexual orientation; Stigma; Stress; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELAPSE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TOBACCO; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ANGER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049186050     PISSN: 15574091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15574090903141104     Document Type: Article

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