High prevalence of tobacco use, alcohol use and overweight in a rural population in Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Kaur, P ^a   Rao, S R ^a   Radhakrishnan, E ^a   Ramachandran, R ^a   Venkatachalam, R ^a   Gupte, M D ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol; India; Overweight; Rural population; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; EDIBLE OIL; PALM OIL; SUNFLOWER OIL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 79951527227     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.74284     Document Type: Article

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