Prisoners' perception of tobacco use and cessation in Chhatisgarh, India - The truth from behind the bars

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 413-417

  Tiwari, Ram Vinod ^a   Megalamanegowdru, Jayachandra ^a   Parakh, Abhinav ^a   Gupta, Anjali ^a   Gowdruviswanathan, Shailarani ^a   Nagarajshetty, Praveen Malavalli ^a  

^a Department of Public Health Dentistry KLE Institute of Dental Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

India; Perception; Prisoners; Smoking; Tobacco; Tobacco cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894083518     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.1.413     Document Type: Article

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