Tobacco chewing, smoking and health knowledge: Evidence from Bangladesh

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Gurmu, Shiferaw ^a   Yunus, Mohammad ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies   (United States)

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