Extending application of the 'hardcore' definition to smokeless tobacco use: Estimates from a nationally representative population in india and its implications

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5959-5963

  Jena, Pratap Kumar ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Chandan ^b   Mathur, Manu Raj ^a   Das, Sagarika ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b SIM Solutions   (India)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (India)

Author keywords

Dependence; Hardcore users; India; Smokeless tobacco

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INDIA; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

HUMANS; INDIA; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84877053811     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.12.5959     Document Type: Article

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