Racial disparities in smoking knowledge among current smokers: Data from the health information national trends surveys

Psychology and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 943-959

  Reimer, Rachel Ann ^a   Gerrard, Meg ^a   Gibbons, Frederick X ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Perceived risk; Race disparities; Smoking knowledge

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958449777     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440902935913     Document Type: Article

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