Lay beliefs about smoking in Kelantan, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 756-763

  Jackson, Alison A ^a,b   Manan, Wan A ^a   Gani, Abdullah S ^a   Carter, Yvonne H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILTER; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOISTURE; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 8444250680     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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