Tobacco use and related factors among pre-university students in a college in Bangalore, India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 294-297

  Bhojani, U M ^a   Chander, S J ^a   Devadasan, N ^a  

^a Institute of Public Health   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 76149127727     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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