Smokeless tobacco use: A meta-analysis of risk and attributable mortality estimates for India

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages S73-S77

  Sinha, D N ^a   Palipudi, K M ^b   Gupta, P C ^c   Singhal, S ^d   Ramasundarahettige, C ^d   Jha, P ^d   Indrayan, A ^e   Asma, S ^a   Vendhan, G ^f  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f Epidemiological Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Attributable mortality; current users; population attributable fraction; relative risk; tobacco chewing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84920070367     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.147477     Document Type: Article

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