WHO MPOWER tobacco control scores in the eastern mediterranean countries based on the 2011 report;Scores MPOWER OMS pour la lutte antitabac dans les pays de la Méditerranée orientale issus du rapport 2011

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 314-319

  Heydari, Gh ^a,b   Talischi, F ^b   Algouhmani, H ^c   Lando, H A ^d   Ebn Ahmady, A ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Framework Convention Alliance   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DJIBOUTI; EGYPT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRAN; IRAQ; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOROCCO; OMAN; PAKISTAN; QATAR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SOMALIA; SUDAN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TAX; TUNISIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YEMEN; ATTITUDE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); GAZA; HEALTH PROGRAM; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE EAST; MPOWER SCORE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84878102456     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2013.19.4.314     Document Type: Article

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