Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with tobacco smoking among adult males in rural Sindh, Pakistan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1054-1060

  Ali, Sajid ^a   Sathiakumar, Nalini ^b   Delzell, Elizabeth ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 33751558435     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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