Smoking in Saudi Arabia and its relation to coronary artery disease

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-176

  Al Nozha, Mansour M ^a   Al Mazrou, Yaqoub Y ^b   Arafah, Mohammed R ^a   Al Maatouq, Mohammed A ^a   Khalil, Mohamed Z ^a   Khan, Nazeer B ^c   Al Khadra, Akram ^a,d   Al Marzouki, Khalid ^e   Al Harthi, Saad S ^a   Abdullah, Moheeb ^f   Al Shahid, Maie S ^g   Al Mobeireek, Abdulellah ^a   Nouh, Mohmmed S ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f PRINCE SULTAN CARDIAC CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^g KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Prevalence; Saudi Arabia; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 74549160429     PISSN: 10167315     EISSN: 22125043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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