Tobacco consumption and awareness of their health hazards amongst lower income group school children in National Capital Territory of Delhi

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-295

  Singh, Vinita ^a   Pal, Hem Raj ^a   Mehta, Manju ^a   Kapil, Umesh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Tobacco consumption

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34247464827     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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