Prevalence, patterns and correlates of alcohol consumption and its' association with tobacco smoking among Sri Lankan adults: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Katulanda, Prasad ^a   Ranasinghe, Chathuranga ^a   Rathnapala, Amila ^a   Karunaratne, Nalika ^a   Sheriff, Rezvi ^a   Matthews, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Prevalence; Smoking; Sri Lanka; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902302578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-612     Document Type: Article

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