Evaluation of the quit and win contest for smoking cessation in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1270-1279

  Shahrokhi, S ^a   Kelishadi, R ^a   Sarrafzadegan, N ^a   Khosravi, A ^a   Roohafza, H R ^a   Pooya, A ^a   Mollabashi, R ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 59949084538     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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