Assessment of nicotine dependence among smokers in a selected rural population in kerala, india

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2663-2667

  Jayakrishnan, R ^a   Mathew, Aleyamma ^a   Lekshmi, Kamala ^a   Sebastian, Paul ^a   Finne, Patrik ^b   Uutela, Antti ^c  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence; Rural india; Smoking; Tobacco cessation strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874098426     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.6.2663     Document Type: Article

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