Smoking among Nepali youth - Prevalence and predictors

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 221-226

  Binu, V S ^a   Subba, S H ^a   Menezes, R G ^b   Kumar, Ganesh ^c   Ninan, Jefy ^d   Rana, M S ^d   Chhetri, Shovit Khadka ^e   Sabu, K M ^f   Nagraj, K ^a  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^e TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^f MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Nepali youth; Predictors; Prevalence; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955809454     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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