Counting 15 million more poor in India, thanks to tobacco

Tobacco Control

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 349-352

  John, Rijo M ^a   Sung, Hai Yen ^b   Max, Wendy B ^b   Ross, Hana ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84860389811     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.040089     Document Type: Article

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