Social disparities in Tobacco use in Mumbai, India: The roles of occupation, education, and gender

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1003-1008

  Sorensen, Glorian ^a   Gupta, Prakash C ^b   Pednekar, Mangesh S ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; REVIEW; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 19644379219     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.045039     Document Type: Review

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