Use of the target group index survey to evaluate the cigarette smoking profile in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1055-1059

  Albedah, Abdullah M ^a   Khalil, Mohamed K ^a   Khalil, Asim A ^a   Elolemy, Ahmed T ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE PATCH;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TARGET GROUP INDEX SURVEY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION VIEWING; URBAN POPULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 84857076315     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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