"Please extinguish all cigarettes": The effects of acculturation and gender on smoking attitudes and smoking prevalence of Chinese and Russian immigrants

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-178

  Sussman, Nan M ^a   Truong, Nhan ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Chinese immigrants; Russian immigrants; Smoking attitudes; Smoking prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952815153     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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