Under-reporting of tobacco use among Bangladeshi women in England

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-334

  Roth, Marilyn A ^a   Aitsi Selmi, Amina ^a   Wardle, Heather ^b   Mindell, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PASSIVE SMOKING; PIPER BETLE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SALIVA; SELF DISCLOSURE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PIPER BETLE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349570162     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp060     Document Type: Article

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