Personal and social determinants sustaining smoking practices in rural China: A qualitative study

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mao, Aimei ^a   Yang, Tingzhong ^b   Bottorff, Joan L ^a   Sarbit, Gayl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Qualitative study; Rural China; Smoking; Social ecological model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893190088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-12     Document Type: Article

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