Exploring Factors Influencing Smoking Behaviour in Malaysia
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Exploring factors influencing smoking behaviour in Malaysia.
OBJECTIVE The objective of present study is to investigate the determinants of smoking behaviour among adults in Malaysia. METHOD Findings of the Third National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS-3) by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia, were used. The sample consisted of 34,539 observations. A logistic regression model was thus applied to estimate the probability to participate in smoking. RE...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1513-7368
DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.4.1125