What kind of cigarettes do smokers use in Tehran?

Tanaffos

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 54-58

  Heydari, Gholamreza ^a   Sharifi, Hooman ^a   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Ramezankhani, Ali ^a   Joossens, Luk ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MC ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Illegal; Smoker; Smuggling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IRAN; LAW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77953376115     PISSN: 17350344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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