Smoking cessation among U.S. Hispanic/Latino adults: Findings from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)
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Smoking among U.S. Hispanic/Latino adults: the Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos.
BACKGROUND Prior national surveys capture smoking behaviors of the aggregated U.S. Hispanic/Latino population, possibly obscuring subgroup variation. PURPOSE To describe cigarette use among Hispanic/Latino adults across subgroups of age, gender, national background, SES, birthplace, and degree of acculturation to the dominant U.S. culture. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 16,322 particip...
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عنوان ژورنال: Preventive Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0091-7435
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.10.006