Smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking among university students in Jordan

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 793-802

  Haddad, Linda G ^a   Malak, Malakeh Z ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Habits; Smoking prevalence; University students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JORDAN; LEARNING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SMOKE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0036832671     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(02)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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