Survey of sociodemographic characteristics of tobacco use among 99 598 individuals in Bombay, India using handheld computers

Tobacco Control

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-120

  Gupta, Prakash C ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bombay, India; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PLANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 0030155145     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.5.2.114     Document Type: Article

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