Smoking behaviour and attitudes among adult Saudi nationals in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia

Tobacco Control

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-219

  Saeed, Abdalla Abdel Wahid ^a   Khoja, Tawfik Ahmed ^b   Khan, Shaista Bashir ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Health education; Saudi Arabia; Smoking behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; RANDOMIZATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING;

EID: 0030227513     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.5.3.215     Document Type: Article

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