Current use of smokeless tobacco among adolescents in the Republic of Congo

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rudatsikira, Emmanuel ^a   Muula, Adamson S ^b   Siziya, Seter ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 76849091026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-16     Document Type: Article

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