Tobacco use: A major risk factor for non communicable diseases in South-East Asia region
Tobacco use is a serious public health problem in the South East Asia Region where use of both smoking and smokeless form of tobacco is widely prevalent. The region has almost one quarter of the global population and about one quarter of all smokers in the world. Smoking among men is high in the Reg...
Main Authors: | J S Thakur, Renu Garg, J P Narain, Nata Menabde |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2011-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2011;volume=55;issue=3;spage=155;epage=160;aulast=Thakur |
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