Interrelations of level of urinary cotinine and score for fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence among beedi smokers, and smokeless tobacco users in India

Background: Tobacco related diseases is largely preventable and can stop pre-mature death. According to World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence rate of smoking is 28.6% (40% among males and 18.2% among females).[1] Beedismoking and tobacco chewing are the commonest forms of tobacco habits in...

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Main Authors: Nalini M Vinoth Kumar, Shahnawaz Khijmatgar, Chitta Chowdhury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2017;volume=39;issue=4;spage=392;epage=398;aulast=Vinoth