Waterpipe tobacco and cigarette smoking among university students in Jordan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 986-992

  Khabour, O F ^a   Alzoubi, K H ^a   Eissenberg, T ^b,c   Mehrotra, P ^d   Azab, M ^e   Carroll, M V ^f   Afifi, R A ^g   Primack, B A ^f  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

College; Hookah; Middle East; Narghile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; JORDAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WATERPIPE TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862175773     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0764     Document Type: Article

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