The role of social support and social networks in smoking behavior among middle and older aged people in rural areas of South Korea: A cross-sectional study
Open Access
- 18 February 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 10 (1), 78
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-78
Abstract
Although the number of studies on anti-smoking interventions has increased, studies focused on identifying social contextual factors in rural areas are scarce. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of social support and social networks in smoking behavior among middle and older aged people living in rural areas of South Korea.This publication has 52 references indexed in Scilit:
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