Correlates of alcohol consumption and tobacco use among tea industry workers of Assam

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 691-706

  Medhi, G K ^a   Hazarika, N C ^a   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Manual workers; Noncommunicable diseases; Nonsmoked tobacco use; Predictor; Smoking; Tea garden workers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SITTING; SMOKING; TEA; WIDOW; WIDOWER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SMOKING; TEA;

EID: 33645797373     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080500411429     Document Type: Article

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