Telephone surveys underestimate cigarette smoking among African-Americans

Background. This study tested the hypothesis that data from random digit-dial telephone surveys underestimate the prevalence of cigarette smoking among African-American adults. Method. A novel, community-sampling method was used to obtain a statewide, random sample of N= 2118 California (CA) African...

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Main Authors: Hope eLandrine, Irma eCorral, Denise Adams Simms, Scott eRoesch, Latrice ePichon, Diane eAke, Feion eVillodas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2013.00036/full