Tobacco use in sub-Sahara Africa: Estimates from the demographic health surveys

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1772-1783

  Pampel, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Smoking; Socioeconomic status (SES); Sub Saharan Africa; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH SURVEY; LOGISTICS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SMOKING;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 40749157119     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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