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J Epidemiol Community Health 2009;63:90 doi:10.1136/jech.2009.096735l
  • Friday 11 September, Parallel session D
  • Methods in ethnicity research

Under-reporting of tobacco use among Bangladeshi women in England; a cross-sectional study

  1. M. Roth,
  2. A. Aitsi-Selmi,
  3. H. Wardle,
  4. J. Mindell
  1. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK

      Objective

      To investigate the prevalence of under-reported use of tobacco among Bangladeshi women and the characteristics of this group.

      Design

      Cross-sectional surveys.

      Setting

      Private households in England.

      Participants

      996 Bangladeshi women aged 16 years and above, 302 with a valid saliva sample and 694 without, in the 1999 and 2004 Health Surveys for England.

      Main Outcome Measure

      Prevalence of under-reported tobacco use (estimated using self-reported tobacco …

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