Lifestyle patterns in smokers and non-smokers in the state of Bahrain

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-69

  Hamadeh, Randah R ^a   Musaiger, Abdulrahman O ^b  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BAHRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034135897     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200050011312     Document Type: Article

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