A Community based smoking cessation intervention trial for rural Kerala, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3191-3195

  Jayakrishnan, R ^a   Mathew, Aleyamma ^a   Uutela, Antti ^b   Finne, Patrik ^c  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Kerala; Prevalence; Rural; Smoking; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864499814     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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