Tobacco use among adults in Cambodia: Evidence for a tobacco epidemic among women

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 905-912

  Singh, Pramil N ^a   Yel, Daravuth ^b   Sinn, Sovann ^c   Khieng, Sothy ^d   Lopez, Jaime ^a   Job, Jayakaran ^a   Ferry, Linda ^a   Knutsen, Synnove ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (Cambodia)   (Cambodia)

^c Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^d Adventist Development and Relief Agency   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH IMPACT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SURVEYING; TOBACCO; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CAMBODIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDWIFE; MORNING SICKNESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMBODIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 72049108102     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.058917     Document Type: Article

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