An Epidemiological Study on Pattern of Smoking, Alcohol and Other Drugs Consumption among Femal Tea Pluckers in Nuwara-Eliya District, Sri Lanka
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عنوان ژورنال: SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS
سال: 1970
ISSN: 2091-0959,1818-9741
DOI: 10.3126/saarctb.v6i1.3062