Contextual and individual demographic determinants of alcohol consumption and smoking: A comparative study in Wouthwestern China and Southern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 370-379

  Le, Cai ^a   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^b   Geater, Alan ^b   Apakupakul, Nualta ^b  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 63149173267     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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