Tobacco usage among Rural Bajaus in Sabah, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 643-648

  Gan, Chong Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 0032152567     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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