Decreases in smoking prevalence in asian communities served by the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) project

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 853-860

  Liao, Youlian ^a   Tsoh, Janice Y ^b   Chen, Roxana ^c   Foo, Mary Anne ^d   Garvin, Cheza C ^c   Grigg Saito, Dorcas ^e   Liang, Sidney ^e   McPhee, Stephen ^f   Nguyen, Tung T ^f   Tran, Jacqueline H ^d   Giles, Wayne H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^d Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance   (United States)

^e Lowell Community Health Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CAMBODIA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CALIFORNIA; CAMBODIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SMOKING; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951214440     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.176834     Document Type: Article

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