Open AccessSocioeconomic mobility and tobacco consumption patterns in fish industry workers in Udupi District of coastal Karnataka
Author(s) -
Shashidhar Acharya,
Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati,
Shruthi Acharya
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.147116
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , habit , smokeless tobacco , medicine , population , consumption (sociology) , educational attainment , demography , tobacco industry , environmental health , chewing tobacco , tobacco use , psychology , social psychology , social science , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth , cancer
The aim of this study was to understand the tobacco consumption patterns and their relationship with life course socioeconomic mobility among fish industry workers as this could provide important information in dealing with the tobacco problem in this very vulnerable population.