Regional and racial differences in smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke: The reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke (REGARDS) study

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  McClure, Leslie A ^a   Murphy, Heather L ^a   Roseman, Jeffrey ^a   Howard, George ^a   Malarcher, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84855176006     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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