Tobacco usage in Uttarakhand: A dangerous combination of high prevalence, widespread ignorance, and resistance to quitting

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Grills, Nathan John ^a   Singh, Rajesh ^b   Singh, Rajkumari ^b   Martin, Bradley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GCDWS Chamba Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PEER PRESSURE; POVERTY; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; INCOME; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

NICOTINE GUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939173139     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/132120     Document Type: Article

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