Perceptions of Lung Cancer and Smoking Among College Students in Jordan

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-254

  Kofahi, Mariam M ^a   Haddad, Linda G ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

cancer; Jordan; lung cancer; Middle East; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JORDAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; SMOKING; STUDENT; TECHNOLOGY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SCIENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 22144497181     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659605274830     Document Type: Article

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