Prevalence, distribution, and social determinants of tobacco use in 30 sub-Saharan African countries

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T ^a   Pradhan, Mansingh ^b   Sin, Shwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^b Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS)   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BENIN; BURUNDI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LESOTHO; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SIERRA LEONE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TOBACCO USE; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924033895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-014-0243-x     Document Type: Article

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