A study on prevalence of chewing form of tobacco and existing quitting patterns in urban population of Jamnagar, Gujarat

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-108

  Joshi, Urvish ^a   Modi, Bhavesh ^b   Yadav, Sudha ^c  

^a SMT NHL MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b PDU Medical College   (India)

^c MP Shah Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Family exposure; Prevalence; Quitting; Tobacco chewing; Tobacco hazards

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952004877     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.62560     Document Type: Article

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