Tobacco farming in rural Vietnam: Questionable economic gain but evident health risks

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Van Minh, Hoang ^a   Giang, Kim Bao ^a   Bich, Nguyen Ngoc ^b   Huong, Nguyen Thanh ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849151254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-24     Document Type: Article

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