Tobacco control in Saudi Arabia: Will it work?

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 9-12

  Jarallah, Jamal S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 0006731449     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
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