Toward smoke-free homes: A community-based study on initiatives of rural Indian women

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-73

  Mittal, Srabani ^a   Das, Samiran ^b  

^a Child in Need Institute   (India)

^b Saktipada das Memorial Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Health risk; second hand smoke; smoke free home

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880733208     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.83371     Document Type: Article

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