Epidemiology of smoking among Kuwaiti adults: Prevalence, characteristics, and attitudes

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1306-1315

  Memon, Anjum ^a   Moody, Philip M ^a   Sugathan, Thattaruparambil N ^a   El Gerges, Najwa ^a   Al Bustan, Mahmoud ^a   Al Shatti, Ahmed ^b   Al Jazzaf, Hussain ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^c KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Adult; Age factors; Kuwait; Sex factors; Smoking cessation; Smoking, epidemiology; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WIDOW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033730122     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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