A review of tobacco use treatments in U.S. ethnic minority populations

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.5, 2011, Pages

  Cox, Lisa Sanderson ^a   Okuyemi, Kolawole ^b   Choi, Won S ^a   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Family Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Asian Americans; Health disparities; Latinos; Minority health; Native Americans; Prevention research; Smoking cessation; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960963471     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.100610-LIT-177     Document Type: Review

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