Socio Demographic Factors Related to Smoking among Rural Adolescent
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Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with tobacco smoking among adult males in rural Sindh, Pakistan.
This cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of tobacco smoking and to obtain information on socio-demographic factors associated with tobacco smoking among adult males in a rural district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. We used a one-stage cluster sampling frame to identify 411 adult males from the study site. We found a high prevalence, 55% of current smokers among this ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Delta Medical College Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2308-460X,2307-6615
DOI: 10.3329/dmcj.v2i2.20525