Patterns of tobacco use: Results from the 2005 global youth tobacco survey in Lebanon

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1280-1289

  Saade, G ^a   Jaoude, S Abou ^b   Afifi, R ^c   Warren, C W ^d   Jones, N R ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b International Committee for the Development of Peoples   (Lebanon)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; MASS MEDIUM; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MOTIVATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 59949090099     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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