Smoking habits and attitudes among university students in palestine: A cross-sectional study;Étude transversale sur le tabagisme et les attitudes des étudiants de niveau universitaire en palestine

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 454-460

  Musmar, S G ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PEER PRESSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SEX; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84862316199     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.5.454     Document Type: Article

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