Tobacco use habits and beliefs among undergraduate medical and nursing students of two cities in southern India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 340-343

  Mony, Prem Kumar ^a   John, Priya ^b   Jayakumar, Sylvia ^a  

^a PSG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STUDENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 79952412194     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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