Age at initiation & prevalence of tobacco use among school children in Noida, India: A cross-sectional questionnaire based survey

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-307

  Narain, Raj ^a   Sardana, Sarita ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Sehgal, Ashok ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Age at initiation; Prevalence; Smoking; Tobacco chewing; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; TOBACCO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 79952935293     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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