Bahraini school teacher knowledge of the effects of smoking

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 448-452

  Latif Alnasir, Faisal A ^a,b  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b NONE   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behavior; Cigarette; Knowledge; School; Smoking; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BAHRAIN; BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; STAFF TRAINING; STROKE; TEACHER;

EID: 10644272680     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.448     Document Type: Article

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