Open AccessTobacco smoking status as assessed by oral questionnaire results 30% under-reporting by adult males in rural India: A confirmatory comparison by exhaled breath carbon monoxide analysis
Author(s) -
Pradeep Aggarwal,
Saurabh Varshney,
S D Kandpal,
Divya Gupta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.141606
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , population , tobacco smoke
The authenticity and true status of tobacco use, especially in the form of smoking among the patient clientele is always a matter of concern for their physicians.