Prevalence and correlates of smokeless tobacco consumption among married women in rural Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hossain, Mohammad Shakhawat ^a   Kypri, Kypros ^a   Rahman, Bayzidur ^b   Arslan, Iqbal ^c   Akter, Shahnaz ^d   Milton, Abul Hasnat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d Directorate General of Health Services   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MARRIED WOMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897048863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084470     Document Type: Article

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