Tobacco use, smoking quit rates, and socioeconomic patterning among men and women: A cross-sectional survey in rural Andhra Pradesh, India

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1308-1318

  Corsi, Daniel J ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b   Lear, Scott A ^c   Teo, Koon K ^d   Boyle, Michael H ^d   Raju, P Krishnam ^e   Joshi, Rohina ^f   Neal, Bruce ^f   Chow, Clara K ^f  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e CARE Foundation   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

India; rural health; smoking cessation; socioeconomic factors; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIDI SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; TOBACCO USE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907500323     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487313491356     Document Type: Article

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