Assessment of smoking behaviors of 2509 turkish university students and its correlates:A cross-sectional study;2509 türk üniversite öǧrencisinin sigara içme davranış ve ilintilerinin deǧerlendirilmesi: Kesitsel bir çalışma

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-131

  Mergen, Haluk ^a   Erdoǧmuş Mergen, Berna ^b   Tavli, Vedide ^c   Öngel, Kurtuluş ^d   Tan, Şeref ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Nilufer Esentepe Family Health Center   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Tepecik Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Smoking; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 79961092132     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5578/tt.2417     Document Type: Article

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