Tobacco Use among High School Students in Kampala, Uganda: Questionnaire Study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-83

  Mpabulungi, Lillian ^a   Muula, Adamson S ^b  

^a Uganda Parl Research Service   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Smoking; Tobacco; Tobacco use cessation; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROL STRATEGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HOME; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT; TOBACCO; UGANDA; WORKPLACE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS; UGANDA;

EID: 1642505479     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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