Prevalence and associated factors of cigarette smoking among medical students at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-12

  Al Kaabba, Abdulaziz F ^a   Saeed, Abdalla A ^a   Abdalla, Abdelshakour M ^a   Hassan, Hashim A ^a   Mustafa, Ali A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Association; Medical students; Prevalence; Riyadh; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865156595     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-1683.78631     Document Type: Article

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