A cross-country comparison of knowledge, attitudes and practices about tobacco use: Findings from the global adult tobacco survey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5035-5042

  Gupta, Bhawna ^a   Kumar, Narinder ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Global adult tobacco survey; Knowledge attitude and practice; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO USE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904638433     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.12.5035     Document Type: Article

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