Tobacco use and nicotine dependence among conflict-affected men in the republic of Georgia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2185-2197

  Roberts, Bayard ^a   Chikovani, Ivdity ^b   Makhashvili, Nino ^c,d   Patel, Vikram ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CURATIO INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Georgia)

^c Global Initiative on Psychiatry   (Georgia)

^d ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Forced displacement; Georgia; Nicotine; Tobacco; War

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

DISABILITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SAMPLING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SYNERGISM; TOBACCO; VULNERABILITY; WAR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84879007650     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10062185     Document Type: Article

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