Patterns of blunt use among rural young adult African-American men

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-64

  Sinclair, Catherine F ^a   Foushee, Herman R ^c   Pevear III, Jesse S ^a   Scarinci, Isabel C ^b   Carroll, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLUNT USE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MARITAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755219930     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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