Perceptions of harm to health from cigarettes, blunts, and marijuana among young adult African American men

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1266-1275

  Sinclair, Catherine F ^a   Foushee, Herman R ^b   Scarinci, Isabel ^c   Carroll, William R ^d  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Disease; Gender; Marijuana; Population studies; Tobacco control; Youth tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANNABIS SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883202397     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0126     Document Type: Article

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