G. Tobacco use patterns among high school students: Do Arab American youth differ?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages

  Weglicki, Linda S ^a   Templin, Thomas ^a   Hammad, Adnan ^b   Jamil, Hikmet ^a   Abou Mediene, Sharifa ^b   Farroukh, Mona ^b   Rice, Virginia Hill ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab American youth; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADULT; ARAB AMERICAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARGHILE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; WATER PIPE SMOKING;

EID: 35349019866     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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