Cigarettes and waterpipe smoking among medical students in Syria: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1085-1091

  Almerie, M Q ^a   Matar, H E ^a   Salam, M ^a   Morad, A ^a   Abdulaal, M ^a   Koudsi, A ^a   Maziak, W ^b,c  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b Syrian Centre for Tobacco Studies   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c Department of Health and Sports Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Medical students; Prevalence; Syria; Waterpipe smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WATERPIPE SMOKING;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SYRIA; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 51149120628     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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