Quitline utilization rates of African-American and white smokers: The California experience

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.5, 2011, Pages

  Zhu, Shu Hong ^a   Gardiner, Phillip ^c   Cummins, Sharon ^b   Anderson, Christopher ^b   Wong, Shiushing ^b   Cowling, David ^d   Gamst, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d California Tobacco Control Program   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Disparity; Help seeking; Media; Prevention research; Quit attempt; Quitline

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOTLINES; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 79960942478     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.100611-QUAN-185     Document Type: Article

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