Tobacco use and quit behaviour assessment in the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS): Invalid responses and implications

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6563-6568

  Jena, Pratap Kumar ^a,b   Kishore, Jugal ^c   Pati, Sanghamitra ^a   Sarkar, Bidyut Kanti ^a,d   Das, Sagarika ^e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b Heath Systems Research India Initiative   (India)

^c MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e University College London ^*

Author keywords

Global adult tobacco survey; India; Quit attempt; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892465253     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.11.6563     Document Type: Article

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