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Original Article

Understanding Nonsmoking in African American and Caucasian College Students: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Eric J. Nehl PhD Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
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Chris M. Blanchard PhD Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
,
Chao-Ying J. Peng PhD Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington
,
Ryan E. Rhodes PhD Behavioral Medicine Laboratory, University of Victoria, Canada
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Janet Kupperman PhD Department of Health and Physical Education, Clark Atlanta University, Georgia
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Phillip B. Sparling EdD School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
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Kerry Courneya PhD Faculty of Physical Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
&
Frank Baker PhD Department of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, New York Medical College, Valhalla
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Pages 23-29 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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