Comparison of cigarette and water pipe smoking among female university students in Egypt

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 591-596

  Labib, Nargis ^a   Radwan, Ghada ^a   Mikhail, Nabiel ^b   Mohamed, Mostafa K ^c   El Setouhy, Maged ^c   Loffredo, Christopher ^d   Israel, Ebenezer ^e  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 34247628412     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200701239696     Document Type: Article

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