Associations between health literacy and established predictors of smoking cessation

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Stewart, Diana W ^a   Adams, Claire E ^a   Cano, Miguel A ^a   Correa Fernández, Virmarie ^a   Li, Yisheng ^a   Waters, Andrew J ^b   Wetter, David W ^a   Vidrine, Jennifer Irvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879015701     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301062     Document Type: Article

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