Changes in tobacco use among 13-15-year-olds between 1999 and 2007: Findings from the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-273

  El Awa, F ^a   Warren, C W ^b   Jones, N R ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; OMAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QATAR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMALIA; SUDAN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TOBACCO; TUNISIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOMALIA; STUDENTS; SUDAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77749233754     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.3.266     Document Type: Article

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