Predictors of tobacco and alcohol consumption and their relevance to oral cancer control amongst people from minority ethnic communities in the South Thames health region, England

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 214-219

  Khan, Farrah ^a,b   Robinson, P G ^a   Warnakulasuriya, K A A S ^b   Newton, J T ^a   Gelbier, S ^a   Gibbons, D E ^a  

^a Div of Dent Public Health and Oral   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ethnicity; Pan chewing; Risk behaviour; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MOUTH TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034050592     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2000.290504.x     Document Type: Article

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