Homeless former smokers' interest in helping homeless current smokers quit

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-93

  Goldade, Kate ^a,f   Guo, Hongfei ^b   Jarlais, Don Des ^c   Connett, John E ^b   Whembolua, Guy L ^a   Owen, Greg ^d   Guy, Mignonne ^e   Okuyemi, Kolawole S ^a  

^a Department of Family Medicine and Community Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Amherst H Wilder Foundation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless persons; Peer support; Prevention research; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PEER GROUP; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84871803622     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.110311-ARB-112     Document Type: Article

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