Water pipe smoking and health-related quality of life: A population-based study

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-237

  Tavafian, Sedigheh Sadat ^a   Aghamolaei, Teamur ^b   Zare, Shahram ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Iran; Population based study; Water pipe smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STUDENT T TEST; WATER PIPE SMOKING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69149107477     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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