Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use amongst junior collegiates in twin cities of western Nepal: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T ^a   Kishore, P V ^a   Paudel, Jagadish ^b   Menezes, Ritesh G ^c  

^a MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b Prithvi Narayan Campus ^*  (Nepal)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 42149160725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-97     Document Type: Article

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