Smoking habits among medical students in Central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 700-703

  Al Turki, Yousef A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33646587653     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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