Prevalence and determinants of waterpipe tobacco use among adolescents in Oman

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-43

  Al Lawati, Jawad A ^a   Muula, Adamson S ^b,c   Hilmi, Sahar A ^a   Rudatsikira, Emmanuel ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c IL   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Oman; Tobacco; Waterpipe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863494845     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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