Tobacco use among urban school boys of Paschim Midnapore, India

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 786-789

  Biswas, Ashok Kumar ^a   Sarkar, Jhuma ^a  

^a Midnapore Medical College and Hospital ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FRIEND; GLOBAL YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MONEY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77956220996     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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