Pattern of smoking among parents of schoolboys

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 735-739

  Al Dawood, Kasim M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Impact; Parental; Pattern; Prevalence; Schoolboys; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034252689     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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