Correlates of ever-smoking habit among adolescents in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 983-992

  Abdalla, A M ^a   Saeed, A A ^a   Abdulrahman, B M ^b   Al Kaabba, A F ^a   Raat, H ^c  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MONEY; PARENTAL SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL BELIEF;

EID: 73149086367     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.4.983     Document Type: Article

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