The impact of immigration status on tobacco use among Chinese-American adults in Texas

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-214

  Hu, Shaohua S ^a   Pallonen, Unto E ^b   Meshack, Angela F ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese american; Immigration; Surveys; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; TEXAS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954563520     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9097-z     Document Type: Article

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