Religion-based tobacco control interventions: How should WHO proceed?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 923-927

  Jabbour, Samer ^a   Fouad, Fouad Mohammad ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean (source: MeSH, NLM); Evidence based medicine; Health policy; Health promotion; Religion; Smoking cessation methods; Tobacco use cessation methods; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; RELIGION; SMOKING; TOBACCO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; RELIGION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ISLAM; MIDDLE EAST; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 11244253934     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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