Smoking behaviour among schoolteachers in the north of the Syrian Arab Republic

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 352-358

  Maziak, W ^a   Mzayek, F ^b   Al Moushareff, M ^b  

^a Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine   (Germany)

^b Aleppo School of Medicine   (Syrian Arab Republic)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SYRIA;

EID: 0034158529     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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