Tobacco consumption in relation to causes of death in an urban population of north India

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Singh, Ram B ^a   Singh, Surendra ^b   Chattopadhya, Pronobesh ^a   Singh, Kalpana ^a   Singh, Vijender ^b   Kulshrestha, Shallendra K ^b   Tomar, Rukam S ^a   Kumar, Rajeev ^a   Singh, Garima ^a   Mechirova, Viola ^c   Pella, Daniel ^c  

^a HALBERG HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b HINDU COLLEGE   (India)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Mortality; Risk factors; Socioeconomic status; Tobacco chewing; Urban deaths

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INFECTION; INJURY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH CANCER; MYOCARDITIS; NEOPLASM; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; SUDDEN DEATH; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547623080     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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