Prevalence and patterns of tobacco use in Bangladesh from 2009 to 2012: Evidence from International Tobacco Control (ITC) study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Nargis, Nigar ^a,b   Thompson, Mary E ^c   Fong, Geoffrey T ^c   Driezen, Pete ^c   Hussain, A K M Ghulam ^b   Ruthbah, Ummul H ^b   Quah, Anne C K ^c   Abdullah, Abu S ^d,e  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE KUNSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BIDI SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PURCHASING; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955448705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141135     Document Type: Article

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