Is tobacco use as a gateway behavioral risk factor? Clustering of health compromising behaviours among urban Indian adolescents & associated inequalities

Background Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are majorly associated with four common health compromising behaviours - tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and harmful use of alcohol. These health compromising behaviours do not occur in isolation and often tend to co-occur as clusters. Th...

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Main Authors: Manu Mathur, Richard Watt, Georgios Tsakos, Priyanka Parmar, Ankur Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Is-tobacco-use-as-a-gateway-behavioral-risk-factor-Clustering-of-health-compromising,83947,0,2.html