Neighbourhood influences on narghile smoking among youth in Beirut

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 456-462

  Afifi, Rema A ^a   Yeretzian, Joumana S ^a   Rouhana, Aida ^a   Nehlawi, Mayssa T ^a   MacK, Alena ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

adolescents; Beirut; narghile; neighbourhood; smoking; water pipe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEBULIZER; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEBANON; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955033200     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp173     Document Type: Article

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