Smoking behavior among coronary heart disease patients in Jordan: A model from a developing country

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 751-764

  Abu Baker, Nesrin N ^a   Haddad, Linda ^b   Mayyas, Omar ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nursing Department   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Jordan; Persistent smoker; Quitter smoker; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RELAPSE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 77950904457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7030751     Document Type: Article

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