Shisha smoking and associated factors among medical students in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5627-5632

  Al Naggar, Redhwan A ^a   Bobryshev, Yuri V ^b  

^a MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Medical students; Shisha smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874062049     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.11.5627     Document Type: Article

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