Prevalence of smoking among high-school students of Tehran in 2003

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1017-1021

  Heydari, G ^a   Sharifi, H ^a   Hosseini, M ^a   Masjedi, M R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SINGLE PARENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 37849048638     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2007.13.5.1017     Document Type: Article

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