Smoking prevalence and tobacco control measures in Kenya, Uganda, the Gambia and Liberia: A review

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-170

  Nturibi, Eric Mugambi ^a   Kolawole, A A ^b   McCurdy, S A ^c  

^a Kenya Association for Prevention of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (KAPTLD)   (Kenya)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Kenya; Liberia; Prevalence; The Gambia; Tobacco; Uganda

Indexed keywords

GAMBIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KENYA; LAW; LIBERIA; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAX; UGANDA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GAMBIA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; KENYA; LIBERIA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; UGANDA;

EID: 59549107478     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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