Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 51-60 , July 2007

Psychographic Segments Based on Attitudes about Smoking and Lifestyle among Vietnamese-American Adolescents

  • Pamela M. Ling, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Pamela M. Ling, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Box 1390, 530 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 366, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-1390.
    • ,
  • Torsten B. Neilands, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Tung T. Nguyen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Celia Patricia Kaplan, Dr.P.H., M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Medical Effectiveness Research Center, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Received 7 September 2006 ,Accepted 5 March 2007.

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PII: S1054-139X(07)00133-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.03.004

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 51-60 , July 2007

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