Smoking patterns and readiness to quit: A study of the Australian Arabic community

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 154-161

  Girgis, Seham ^a   Adily, Armita ^b   Velasco, Maria Jose ^c   Garden, Frances L ^c   Zwar, Nicholas A ^d   Jalaludin, Bin B ^e   Ward, Jeanette E ^f  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Centre for Research Evidence Management and Surveillance   (Australia)

^d General Practice Unit   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ARABS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 67649233227     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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