Tobacco use among rural African American young adult males

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-263

  Carroll, William R ^a   Foushee Jr , Herman R ^b   Hardy, Claudia M ^b   Floyd, Tammi ^b   Sinclair, Catherine F ^a   Scarinci, Isabel ^c  

^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

African American men; Alternative tobacco products; Marijuana use; Rural areas; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856386918     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811404968     Document Type: Article

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