The odd man out in Sub-Saharan Africa: Understanding the tobacco use prevalence in Madagascar

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mamudu, Hadii M ^a   John, Rijo M ^b   Veeranki, Sreenivas P ^c   Ouma, Ahmed E Ogwell ^d  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JODHPUR   (India)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Sub Saharan Africa; Tobacco control; Tobacco industry; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84883872795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-856     Document Type: Article

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