Waterpipe smoking among health sciences university students in Iran: Perceptions, practices and patterns of use

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ghafouri, Nasim ^a   Hirsch, Jan D ^a,b   Heydari, Gholamreza ^c,d   Morello, Candis M ^a,b   Kuo, Grace M ^a,e   Singh, Renu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 81055149859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-496     Document Type: Article

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