Prevalence and correlates of tobacco smoking, awareness of hazards, and quitting behavior among persons aged 30 years or above in a resettlement colony of Delhi, India

Lung India

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 336-340

  Garg, Ankur ^a   Singh, Mongjam ^a   Gupta, Vimal Kishore ^a   Garg, Suneela ^a   Daga, Mradul Kumar ^a   Saha, Renuka ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; prevalence; quit; resettlement; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIDI SMOKING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84870276317     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.102812     Document Type: Article

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