Effect of school policy on tobacco use by school personnel in Bihar, India

Journal of School Health

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-5

  Sinha, Dhirendra N ^a   Gupta, Prakash C ^b   Warren, Charles W ^c   Asma, Samira ^c  

^a A/27 Anandpuri ^*  (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; PERSONNEL; POLICY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; TEACHER; TOBACCO; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 1642633424     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2004.tb06592.x     Document Type: Review

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