Development and Validation of a Tobacco Testing Laboratories Assessment Tool

Sonu Goel; Chirag Goel; Diksha Walia; Avinash Sunthlia; Leimapokpam Swasticharan; Rajendra P. Joshi; Atul Goel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0334653

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Development and Validation of a Tobacco Testing Laboratories Assessment Tool

Sonu Goel ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sonu.goel@ul.ie

Affiliations Public Health Master’s Program, School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, Faculty of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5231-7083

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Chirag Goel,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Diksha Walia,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Avinash Sunthlia,

Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Deputy Additional Director General- NTCP, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
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Leimapokpam Swasticharan,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Additional Deputy Director General of Health Services, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
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Rajendra P. Joshi,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Additional Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
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Atul Goel

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation DGHS, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
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Development and Validation of a Tobacco Testing Laboratories Assessment Tool

Sonu Goel,
Chirag Goel,
Diksha Walia,
Avinash Sunthlia,
Leimapokpam Swasticharan,
Rajendra P. Joshi,
Atul Goel

Published: November 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334653

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