Associations of discrimination and violence with smoking among emerging adults: Differences by gender and sexual orientation

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1284-1295

  Blosnich, John R ^a   Horn, Kimberly ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BISEXUALITY; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STUDENTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455218993     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntr183     Document Type: Article

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