Waterpipe smoking in Kuwait;usage de la pipe à eau au koweït

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1115-1120

  Mohammed, H R ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Newman, I M ^c   Shell, D F ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Nebraska Health and Human Services System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; PEER PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 78650246751     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.11.1115     Document Type: Article

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