Correlates of alcohol consumption and tobacco use among tea industry workers of Assam.

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Published in Subst Use Misuse on January 01, 2006

Authors

G K Medhi1, N C Hazarika, J Mahanta

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1: Regional Medical Research Center, Indian Council of Medical Research, Assam, India.

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