Why we must continue to investigate menthol's role in the African American smoking paradox

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages S91-S101

  Alexander, Linda A ^a   Trinidad, Dennis R ^b   Sakuma, Kari Lyn K ^c   Pokhrel, Pallav ^d   Herzog, Thaddeus A ^d   Clanton, Mark S ^e   Moolchan, Eric T ^f   Fagan, Pebbles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e TMF Health Quality Institute   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL; NICOTINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK PERSON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TASTE ACUITY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO USE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAUCASIAN; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASTE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MENTHOL; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TASTE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964588277     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntv209     Document Type: Review

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