Tobacco smoking using Midwakh is an emerging health problem - evidence from a large cross-sectional survey in the United Arab Emirates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Al Houqani, Mohammed ^a   Ali, Raghib ^a,b   Hajat, Cother ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Authority Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDWAKH SMOKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SELF REPORT; SHISHA SMOKING; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84862499637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039189     Document Type: Article

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