Smoking pattern among female college students in Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Koura, Manal ^a   Al Dossary, Ahlam ^a   Bahnassy, Ahmed ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

College students; females; Saudi Arabia; smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858967473     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.83370     Document Type: Article

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