Tobacco smoking in Tanzania, East Africa: Population based smoking prevalence using expired alveolar carbon monoxide as a validation tool

Tobacco Control

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 210-214

  Jagoe, K ^a   Edwards, R ^a   Mugusi, F ^b   Whiting, D ^b,c   Unwin, N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c Morbidity and Mortality Project   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREATH TESTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036727313     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.11.3.210     Document Type: Article

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