Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among 10-12 year old school students in Patna District, Bihar, India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 805-810

  Singh, Gupteshwar ^a   Sinha, D N ^b   Sarma, P S ^a   Thankappan, K R ^a  

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

^b School of Preventive Oncology A 27 Anandpuri   (India)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Smokeless tobacco; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPORT; TEACHER; TOBACCO;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 23944459020     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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