Westernization and tobacco use among young people in Delhi, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 891-897

  Stigler, Melissa ^a   Dhavan, Poonam ^b   Van Dusen, Duncan ^b   Arora, Monika ^c   Reddy, K S ^d   Perry, Cheryl L ^a  

^a Michael Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living   (United States)

^b Michael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living   (United States)

^c Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth   (India)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Gender; Globalization; India; Tobacco use; Westernization

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENCE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; GENDER; GLOBALIZATION; LIVING STANDARD; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDENT; TOBACCO; WESTERNIZATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIDI SMOKING; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GOVERNMENT SCHOOL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PUBLIC SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; TREND STUDY; WESTERNIZATION;

DELHI; INDIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77955093438     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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