Smoking among adult males in an urban community of Karachi, Pakistan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 999-1004

  Khuwaja, Ali Khan ^a   Kadir, Muhammad Masood ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; FRIEND; FRUSTRATION; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 12444329913     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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