Use of a smokers' quitline by asian language speakers: Results from 15 years of operation in California

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 846-852

  Zhu, Shu Hong ^a   Wong, Shiushing ^a   Stevens, Colleen ^b   Nakashima, David ^c   Gamst, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Tobacco Control Program   (United States)

^c Asian Pac Islander Amer Hlth F   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 77951235477     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.168385     Document Type: Article

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