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The social representation of smoking for female sex workers and their prevalence
(European Respiratory Soc Journals Ltd, 2015-09-01)
Predictors of success in smoking cessation among Brazilian subjects
(European Respiratory Soc Journals Ltd, 2012-09-01)
Cigarette Smoking Status Among Latino/Hispanic Middle and High School Students in the United States
(Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2017)
Prevalence of Pragmatically Defined High CV Risk and its Correlates in LMIC: A Report From 10 LMIC Areas in Africa, Asia, and South America
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Currently available tools for assessing high cardiovascular risk (HCR) often require measurements not available in resource-limited settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). There is a need to assess ...
Urbanisation but not biomass fuel smoke exposure is associated with asthma prevalence in four resource-limited settings
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Urbanisation is an important contributor to the prevalence of asthma worldwide, and the burden of this effect in low-income and middle-income countries undergoing rapid industrialisation appears to be growing. ...
Smoking and heavy drinking patterns in rural, urban and rural-to-urban migrants: the PERU MIGRANT Study
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have found mixed results about cigarette and alcohol consumption patterns among rural-to-urban migrants. Moreover, there are limited longitudinal data about consumption patterns in this population. ...
Smoking: What Has Been Addressed in Brazilian Journals
(ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS CARDIOLOGIARIO DE JANEIRO, 2012)
The topic of tobacco smoking, in its several aspects, has been receiving increasing attention among researchers over the past few years, which has been reflected in more data and more solid scientific literature on the ...
Factors affecting Chilean elementary and high school children's smoking Factores que inciden en el habito de fumar de escolares de education basica y media del Chile
(1997)
Despite the harmful effects of tobacco millions of people continue to smoke. Many of these smokers, including most news smokers, are adolescents - both in Chile and in other countries. This study sought to determine the ...
Early tobacco and alcohol consumption as modifying risk factors on marijuana use Consumo precoz de tabaco y alcohol como factores modificadores del riesgo de uso de marihuana
(2007)
Objective: To assess the relationship between early tobacco and alcohol use and the risk of marijuana consumption among schoolchildren. Methods: A cross-sectional study comprising data from the Fourth National Study on ...
Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. We sought to quantify the importance of potentially modifiable risk factors for stroke in different regions ...