Water pipe (shisha) smoking among male students of medical colleges in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 222-226

  Taha, Attia Z ^a   Sabra, Amr A ^a   Al Mustafa, Zaid Z ^a   Al Awami, Hasan R ^a   Al Khalaf, Mujtaba A ^a   Al Momen, Momen M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SMOKING; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77952311458     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.62838     Document Type: Article

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