A community based study about knowledge and practices regarding tobacco Consumption and passive smoking in Gadap Town, Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 186-188

  Nisar, Nighat ^a   Qadri, Majid Hafeez ^a   Fatima, Kiran ^a   Perveen, Shakeela ^a  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 34249694248     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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