The pattern of tobacco use and the associated socio-demographic factors among Transgenders living in Chennai city of Tamil Nadu, India

Introduction: The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, which kills more than 8 million people a year around the world. Transgenders are prone to use and abuse substances including tobacco and alcohol as a coping mechanism to manage minority stress ex...

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Main Authors: Sree T Sucharitha, Rangasawmy Pradeep, Ashokkumar Vikram, Chinnaian Sivagurunathan, Mani Ezhilvanan, K Premkumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
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Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2022;volume=11;issue=8;spage=4452;epage=4459;aulast=Sucharitha