Ethnicity predicts perceptions of smoking and smoking cessation among veterans

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-210

  Karvonen Gutierrez, C A ^a   Ewing, L A ^a   Taylor, N J ^b,c   Essenmacher, C A ^e   Duffy, S A ^a,d  

^a Health Services Research and Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture ethnicity; Mental health settings; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84857790100     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01757.x     Document Type: Article

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