Cigarette smoking and medical students at King Edward Medical University, Lahore (Pakistan)

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 509-512

  Karamat, Aamnah ^a   Arif, Nadia ^a   Malik, Asad Khizar ^a   Chaudhry, Asma ^a   Cheema, Muhammad Arshad ^b   Rauf, Abdul ^c  

^a Final Year MBBS (Batch of 2009)   (Pakistan)

^b Academic Department of Surgery   (Pakistan)

^c KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Medical students; Peer pressure; Smoker in family

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PAKISTAN; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79955585815     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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