Smoking cessation support in Iran: Availability, sources &predictors

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 627-632

  Toghianifar, Nafiseh ^a   Sarrafzadegan, Nizal ^a   Roohafza, Hamidreza ^a   Sadeghi, Masoumeh ^a   Eshrati, Babak ^a   Sadri, Gholamhossein ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Hookah; Iran; Smoking; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 80053011707     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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