Using salivary cotinine to validate self-reports of tobacco use by indian youth living in low-income neighborhoods

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2551-2554

  Dhavan, Poonam ^a   Bassi, Shalini ^b   Stigler, Melissa ^a   Arora, Monika ^b,c   Gupta, Vinay ^b   Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy ^d   Perry, Cheryl ^a   Reddy, Srinath ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth)   (India)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cotinine; India; Saliva; Tobacco use; Underestimation; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858223399     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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