Social acceptability and desirability of smoking in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2015, Pages S57-S62

  Nicholson, Anna K ^a   Borland, Ron ^b   van der Sterren, Anke E ^c   Bennet, Pele T ^d   Stevens, Matthew ^a   Thomas, David P ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; CONTROL STRATEGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930160736     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.01534     Document Type: Article

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