The social context of tobacco products use among adolescents in Lebanon (MedSPAD-Lebanon)

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Bejjani, Naim ^a   El Bcheraoui, Charbel ^a   Adib, Salim M ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Addiction; Arabs; Cigarettes; Narguileh; Water pipe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOBACCO;

EID: 84860747446     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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