Smoking habits among university students in Jordan: Prevalence and associated factors

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 897-904

  Khader, Yousef S ^a,b   Alsadi, A A ^b  

^a The Higher Council for Science and Technology Jordan   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; JORDAN; LAW; MALE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; JORDAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 53649096819     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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