Predicting tobacco use among high school students by using the global youth tobacco survey in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 122-129

  Al Moamary, Mohamed S ^a   Al Ghobain, Mohammed O ^a   Al Shehri, Sulieman N ^b   Gasmelseed, Ahmed Y ^c   Al Hajjaj, Mohamed S ^d  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ministry of Education Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

^c King Abdullah International Center for Medical Research   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; cigarettes; Saudi Arabia; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PREDICTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOBACCO;

EID: 84864698577     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.98843     Document Type: Article

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