Effects of cigarette smoking on lung function of Saudi students

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-42

  Milaat, Waleed A ^a,b   El Ganai, Fathim M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Lung function; Lung function test; Saudi Arabia; Young smokers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 0032250326     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053959801000108     Document Type: Article

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