Movies and TV influence tobacco use in India: Findings from a national survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Viswanath, K ^a,b   Ackerson, Leland K ^c   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b   Gupta, Prakash C ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TELEVISION VIEWING; TOBACCO;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS MEDIA; SMOKING; TELEVISION; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77955321561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011365     Document Type: Article

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