Prevalence of tobacco use among power loom workers - A cross-sectional study

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-39

  Ansari, Zaki Anwar ^a   Bano, S Nafees ^a   Zulkifle, M ^b  

^a AFUMC   (India)

^b NIUM   (India)

Author keywords

Power loom workers; Tobacco chewing; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951992578     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.62551     Document Type: Article

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