Estimation of smoking index for male smokers in Multan city

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-85

  Aslam, Muhammad ^a   Asif, Muhammad ^a   Altaf, Saima ^b  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Indrayan's smoking index; Kolmogrov smirnov test; Mann whitney test; Passive smoking; Secondhand smoke; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CITY; HUMAN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARAMETER; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING INDEX;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79951736572     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.80.85     Document Type: Article

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