Open AccessUrban and rural disparity in tobacco use and knowledge about oral cancer among adolescents: An epidemiological survey on 12 and 15-year school going students
Author(s) -
Rajesh Shrivastava,
Kamtaram Sahu,
Deepak Thakur,
Sanidhya Surana,
Heena Mazhar,
Soumy Pandey
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.197200
Subject(s) - epidemiology , tobacco use , environmental health , medicine , pathology , population
To assess and compare the tobacco use prevalence; to understand and compare attitudes and knowledge related to tobacco use and its health impact among urban and rural students; and to assess urban and rural disparity in the use of tobacco among 12 and 15-year-old adolescents in the urban and rural schools in Chhattisgarh, India.