Tobacco use and nicotine dependency in a cross-sectional representative sample of 18,018 individuals in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Manimunda, Sathya Prakash ^a,b   Benegal, Vivek ^c   Sugunan, Attayuru Purushottaman ^a   Jeemon, Panniyammakal ^b,d,e   Balakrishna, Nagalla ^f   Thennarusu, Kandavelu ^c   Pandian, Dhanasekara ^c   Pesala, Kasturi S ^g  

^a ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^g INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863588431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-515     Document Type: Article

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