Tobacco habit in Northern India

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-24

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Pandey, Upendra ^a,b   Bala, Nidhi ^a,b   Tewari, Varsha ^a,c   Oanh, Khuat Thi Hai ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c Chuc Quan Tam The Gioi   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Chewing tobacco; Smoking; Tobacco habit; Tobacco snuffing and rubbing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING;

EID: 33745847522     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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