Tobacco control among disadvantaged youth living in low-income communities in India: Introducing Project ACTIVITY

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Arora, Monika ^a   Stigler, Melissa ^b   Gupta, Vinay ^a   Bassi, Shalini ^a   Dhavan, Poonam ^b   Mathur, Neha ^a   Tripathy, Vikal ^a   Perry, Cheryl ^b   Reddy, K Srinath ^c  

^a HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth)   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Census data; Community based intervention; Delhi urban slums; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955819992     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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