Prevalence and pattern of dokha use among medical and allied health students in Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1547-1549

  Jayakumary, Muttappallymyalil ^a   Jayadevan, Sreedharan ^a   Ranade, Anu Vinod ^a   Mathew, Elsheba ^a  

^a GULF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Dokha smoking; Midwakh; Prevalence; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956148582     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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