Smoking habits in the Middle East and North Africa: Results of the BREATHE study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Khattab, Adel ^a   Javaid, Arshad ^b   Iraqi, Ghali ^c   Alzaabi, Ashraf ^d   Ben Kheder, Ali ^e   Koniski, Marie Louise ^f   Shahrour, Naem ^g   Taright, Samya ^h   Idrees, Magdy ⁱ   Polatli, Mehmet ^j   Rashid, Nauman ^k   El Hasnaoui, Abdelkader ^k  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c Moulay Youssef Hospital   (Morocco)

^d ZAYED MILITARY HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^e ABDERRAHMAN MAMI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^f LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^g Alasaad University Hospital   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^h Bab El Oued Hospital   (Algeria)

ⁱ The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^j ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Arab Emirates)

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Author keywords

Cigarettes; Middle East; North Africa; Smoking habits; Smoking rates; Waterpipes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PAKISTAN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84872042262     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(12)70011-2     Document Type: Article

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