Prevalence and patterns of tobacco use in Asia

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9857, 2012, Pages 1905-1906

  Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Ma, Jin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COTININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT;

EID: 84870274587     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62107-2     Document Type: Letter

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