Women and tobacco: A cross sectional study from North India

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages S78-S82

  Kathirvel, S ^a   Thakur, J S ^a   Sharma, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Prevalence; tobacco; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIDI SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84920103215     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.147478     Document Type: Article

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