Khat Chewing Habit among School Students of Jazan Region, Saudi Arabia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Alsanosy, Rashad Mohammed ^a   Mahfouz, Mohamed Salih ^a   Gaffar, Abdelrahim Mutwakel ^a  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; KHAT CHEWING; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

CATHA EDULIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84878916529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065504     Document Type: Article

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