Comparison of smoking behaviour among medical and other college students in Rawalpindi

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-10

  Mumtaz, Babar ^a,b   Chaudhary, Ishtiaq Ahmed ^a   Arshad, Muhammad ^a   Samiullah, ^a  

^a FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Smoking; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049117270     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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