Transnational, social, and neighborhood ties and smoking among Latino immigrants: Does gender matter?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 741-749

  Alcántara, Carmela ^a   Molina, Kristine M ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84924690039     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301964     Document Type: Article

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