Tobacco use and associated factors among adolescent students in Dharan, Eastern Nepal: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Pradhan, Pranil Man Singh ^a   Niraula, Surya Raj ^a   Ghimire, Anup ^a   Singh, Suman Bahadur ^a   Pokharel, Paras Kumar ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84874960592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002123     Document Type: Article

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