Prevalence and patterns of tobacco use in Asia

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9857, 2012, Pages 1906-

  Jena, Pratap Kumar ^a   Kishore, Jugal ^b   Bandyopadhyay, Chandan ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c SIM Solutions   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; VIET NAM;

EID: 84870278241     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62108-4     Document Type: Letter

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