Commentary: The waterpipe-a global epidemic or a passing fad

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 857-859

  Maziak, Wasim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; NICOTINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALUMINUM FOIL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EPIDEMIC; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PIPELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO; WATERPIPE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CULTURE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77955734378     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq054     Document Type: Note

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