Predictors of tobacco smoking and smokeless tobacco use among adults in Bangladesh

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-392

  Palipudi, K M ^a   Sinha, D N ^b   Choudhury, S ^c   Zaman, M M ^b   Asma, S ^a   Andes, L ^a   Dube, S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; global adult tobacco survey; smokeless tobacco; social determinants tobacco use; use tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875975197     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.107745     Document Type: Article

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