Medical students' perspectives on gender and smoking: A mixed methodology investigation in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 773-778

  Mubeen, Syed Muhammad ^a   Morrow, Martha ^b   Barraclough, Simon ^c  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Karachi; Medical students; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TOBACCO;

EID: 79960763881     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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