Evaluation of a specially designed tobacco control program to reduce tobacco use among school children in kerala

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3455-3459

  Philip, Phinse Mappalakayil ^a   Parambill, Neetu Ambali ^a   Bhaskarapillai, Binukumar ^b   Balasubramanian, Satheesan ^a  

^a Malabar Cancer Centre   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

Author keywords

Intervention; Prevalence; Smoking; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882687749     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.6.3455     Document Type: Article

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