Excess morbidity and expenditure on healthcare in families with smokers: A community study

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 123-126

  Jindal, S K ^a   Sapru, R P ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Chaudhry, K ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 23844520346     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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