Knowledge and practices regarding cigarette smoking among adult women in a rural district of Sindh, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 664-667

  Ali, Sajid ^a   Ara, Naseem ^a   Ali, Arif ^a   Ali, Beena ^a   Kadir, M Masood ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449101896     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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