Smoking among secondary-school boys in Bahrain: Prevalence and risk factors

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 78-86

  Al Haddad, N ^a   Hamadeh, R R ^b  

^a Gulf Air Medical Services   (Bahrain)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRIEND; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BAHRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 16544392938     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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