Smoking habbits of preclinical Saudi medical students

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 906-911

  Saeed Vohra, M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Curriculum; Hazardous; Medical education; Smoking; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONCENTRATION LOSS; COUGHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 73349112193     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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