Tobacco use in Kerala: Findings from three recent studies

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 148-153

  Pradeepkumar, A S ^a   Mohan, Sailesh ^a   Gopalakrishnan, P ^b   Sarma, P Sankara ^a   Thankappan, K R ^a   Nichter, Mark ^c  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Ground Floor Block 'C' Medical College Hospital Complex   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 23844488808     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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