Water Pipe Smoking Among the Young: The Rebirth of an Old Tradition

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-148

  Rice, Virginia Hill ^a  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health outcomes; Hookah; Tobacco use; Water pipe smoking; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; DEVICES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84856314605     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2011.10.011     Document Type: Review

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