aim: identification of contributory factors in smoking and gaining insight into the roles played by each of these factors including health literacy (hl) may account for quitting or decreasing the prevalence of smoking. the aim of the current study was to identify the effects caused by different hl levels on smoking.methods: 347 students inhabiting the dormitories of shahid beheshti university o...

The present study evaluates the blood pressure profile among the Buddhist Lepchas, a tribal population, indigenous to the Sikkim Himalaya, in relation to selected biological, behavioral and sociocultural factors. The study subjects (aged 16 years and older) have been chosen from urban (Gangtok town, the capital of the State of Sikkim) and rural (Dzongu villages, about 75 km north of Gangtok) ar...