Prevalence and correlates of tobacco smoking in Sri Lanka

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 861-869

  Katulanda, Prasad ^a,b   Wickramasinghe, Kremlin ^b   Mahesh, Jayaweera G ^b   Rathnapala, Amila ^b   Constantine, Godwin R ^b   Sheriff, Rezvi ^b   Matthews, David R ^a   Fernando, Shyam S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

adults; cancer; prevalence; smoking; Sri Lanka; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955241243     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509355599     Document Type: Article

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