| Title |
Movies and TV Influence Tobacco Use in India: Findings from a National Survey
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2010
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0011365 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
K. Viswanath, Leland K. Ackerson, Glorian Sorensen, Prakash C. Gupta |
| Abstract |
Exposure to mass media may impact the use of tobacco, a major source of illness and death in India. The objective is to test the association of self-reported tobacco smoking and chewing with frequency of use of four types of mass media: newspapers, radio, television, and movies. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 79 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 77 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 19% |
| Unknown | 20 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 19% |
| Arts and Humanities | 7 | 9% |
| Psychology | 5 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 25 | 32% |