Characteristics of cigarette smoking and quitting among university students in Syria

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 330-336

  Maziak, W ^a,b   Hammal, F ^a   Rastam, S ^a   Asfar, T ^a   Eissenberg, T ^a,c   Bachir, M E ^a   Fouad, M F ^a   Ward, K D ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Smoking; Syria; University; Waterpipe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS; SYRIA; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 3042540213     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.01.024     Document Type: Article

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