Pattern of tobacco use among school children in National Capital Territory (NCT)

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1013-1020

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

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Survey; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GOVERNMENT; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 36949010319     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0186-8     Document Type: Article

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