Smoking patterns among primary health care attendees, Al-Qassim region, Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 911-922

  Al Haddad, N S ^a   Al Habeeb, T A ^b   Abdelgadir, M H ^c   Al Ghamdy, Y S ^d   Qureshi, N A ^e  

^a Primary Health Care Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Medical Education and Community Services Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Department of General Health Affairs ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^e Buraidah Mental Health Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 17144415236     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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