Smokeless tobacco use prevention and cessation (S-TUPAC): A need of the time

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 711-

  Nisar, Muhammad Imran ^a   Iqbal, Romaina ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME;

HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC POLICY; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 79959694224     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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