Smoking among university students: A gender analysis

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 179-187

  Mandil, Ahmed ^a   BinSaeed, Abdulaziz ^a   Ahmad, Shaffi ^a   Al Dabbagh, Rufaidah ^a   Alsaadi, Muslim ^a   Khan, Mahwish ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Riyadh; Saudi Arabia; Smoking; Undergraduate university students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TOBACCO; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 78649695101     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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