The prevalence of cigarette smoking in residents of Tehran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 358-364

  Fotouhi, Akbar ^a   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^a   Hashemi, Hassan ^a,b   Mohammad, Kazem ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Prevalence; Smoking; Tehran

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 70349929625     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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