Smoking habits among Saudi female university students: Prevalence, influencing factors and risk awareness

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 366-369

  Merdad, Leena A ^a   Al Zahrani, Mohammad S ^a,b   Farsi, Jamila M A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Abdulaziz University ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPOTENCE; INCOME; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOUTH CANCER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 37149000239     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2007.366     Document Type: Article

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