Water-pipe (narguile) smokers in Lebanon: A pilot study

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 432-442

  Waked, M ^a   Salameh, Pascale ^b   Aoun, Z ^c  

^a SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; MALE; MARRIAGE; ONSET AGE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WATER PIPE SMOKING; BRONCHITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FILTRATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

WATER;

ADULT; BRONCHITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WATER;

EID: 68249148106     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.2.432     Document Type: Article

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