Lower Prevalence of Cigarette and Waterpipe Smoking, But a Higher Risk of Waterpipe Dependence in Lebanese Adult Women Than in Men

Women and Health

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-150

  Salameh, Pascale ^a   Khayat, Georges ^b,c   Waked, Mirna ^d,e  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

dependence; nicotine; sex; tobacco; waterpipe

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; WATER;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WATER;

EID: 84859581069     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.656885     Document Type: Article

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