Tobacco use among children in India: A burgeoning epidemic

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 757-761

  Reddy, K Srinath ^a   Arora, Monika ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth HRIDAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; PEDIATRICS; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 23944442682     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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