Differences in cigarette and smokeless tobacco use among American Indian and Alaska Native people living in Alaska and the Southwest United States

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 791-796

  Redwood, Diana ^a   Lanier, Anne P ^a   Renner, Caroline ^a   Smith, Julia ^b   Tom Orme, Lillian ^c   Slattery, Martha L ^c  

^a Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium   (United States)

^b SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INUIT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955260883     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntq087     Document Type: Article

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