Knowledge, attitude and smoking patterns among nursing and laboratory technology students, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 51-58

  Mandil, Ahmed M ^a   Bahnassy, Ahmed A ^a   Aboul Azm, Shadia M ^a   Bashawri, Laila A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

knowledge attitudes practice (KAP); laboratory technology; nursing; Saudi Arabia; Smoking; tobacco consumption; university students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442283130     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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