Association between concurrent alcohol and tobacco use and poverty

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-73

  De Silva, Varuni ^a   Samarasinghe, Diyanath ^a   Hanwella, Raveen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Poverty; Smoking; Sri Lanka; Tobacco expenditure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; TOBACCO;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; TOBACCO;

EID: 78651229398     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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