Local determinants of tobacco use in Pakistan and the importance of context

Journal of Smoking Cessation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-150

  Lee, Andrew Chee Keng ^a   Siddiqi, Kamran ^b   Khan, Muhammad Amir ^c   Ahmed, Maqsood ^c   Shafiq Ur Rehman, ^c   Shams, Nazia ^c   Nazir, Athar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Association for Social Development   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cessation; Focus groups; Smoking; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952231353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18342612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jsc.5.2.145     Document Type: Article

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