Is concern about waterpipe tobacco smoking warranted?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-182

  Carroll, Therese ^a   Poder, Natasha ^a   Perusco, Andrew ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO; WATERPIPE TOBACCO SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; SMOKING; SOCIAL MARKETING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 42549143640     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00198.x     Document Type: Letter

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