Smoking patterns in ghanaian civil servants: Changes over three decades

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 200-208

  Addo, Juliet ^a   Smeeth, Liam ^a   Leon, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil servants; Ghana; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 61449133311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6010200     Document Type: Article

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