Telephone surveys underestimate cigarette smoking among African-Americans

• Main Authors: Hope eLandrine (Author), Irma eCorral (Author), Denise Adams Simms (Author), Scott eRoesch (Author), Latrice ePichon (Author), Diane eAke (Author), Feion eVillodas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...