Tobacco use in Bollywood movies, tobacco promotional activities and their association with tobacco use among Indian adolescents

Tobacco Control

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 482-487

  Arora, Monika ^a,b   Mathur, Neha ^a   Gupta, Vinay K ^a   Nazar, Gaurang P ^a   Srinath Reddy, K ^a,b   Sargent, James D ^c  

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

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKETING; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84865252544     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2011.043539     Document Type: Article

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