Tobacco use among medical students in Orissa

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 285-289

  Ramakrishna, G S ^a   Sankara Sarma, P ^a   Thankappan, K R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 32544450806     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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