Prevalence of current smoking in eastern province, Saudi Arabia;Prévalence du tabagisme actif dans la province orientale d'Arabie saoudite

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 671-676

  Al Turki, K A ^a   Al Baghli, N A ^a   Al Ghamdi, A J ^a   El Zubaier, A G ^b   Al Ghamdi, R ^a   Alameer, M M ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Al Amel Complex of Mental Health   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 77953735289     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.6.671     Document Type: Article

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