Reducing tobacco use among low socio-economic status youth in Delhi, India: Outcomes from project ACTIVITY, a cluster randomized trial

Health Education Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 624-638

  Harrell, Melissa B ^a   Arora, Monika ^b   Bassi, Shalini ^b   Gupta, Vinay K ^b   Perry, Cheryl L ^a   Srinath Reddy, K ^b  

^a University of Texas Austin Regional Campus   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO USE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY AREAS; SMOKING PREVENTION; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84994758791     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyw039     Document Type: Article

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