Correlates of knowledge and consumption of tobacco in adolescent males of an Urban Slum in Western Maharashtra
Context: Tobacco use is the forerunner among the most serious public health issues threatening the world. Problem is compounded by the fact that most of tobacco users indulge in tobacco from adolescence. More than one-fourth of young men in India consume tobacco. The National Health Policy 2017 aims...
Main Authors: | Surinder Kumar, Vikram Singh Grewal, Puja Dudeja, Nitin Kaushal, Tukaram Gadekar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth |
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Online Access: | http://www.mjdrdypv.org/article.asp?issn=2589-8302;year=2020;volume=13;issue=4;spage=389;epage=393;aulast=Kumar |
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