Prevalence and correlates of smokeless tobacco use among grade 8-11 school learners in South Africa: A Nationwide study

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Reddy, Priscilla S ^a   James, Shamagonam ^b   Resnicow, Ken ^c   Sewpaul, Ronel ^a   Masuka, Pardon ^d   van den Borne, Bart ^e  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ARCH Actuarial Consulting   (South Africa)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RURAL AREA; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO USE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84906059665     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntu044     Document Type: Article

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