Misperceptions of nicotine replacement therapy within racially and ethnically diverse smokers

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 885-896

  Carpenter, Matthew J ^a,b   Ford, Marvella E ^a,b   Cartmell, Kathleen ^b   Alberg, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority health; Pharmacotherapy; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MINORITY HEALTH; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS;

EID: 84858854180     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30444-2     Document Type: Article

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