Tobacco use among health care workers in southwestern Saudi Arabia

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mahfouz, Ahmed A ^a   Shatoor, Abdullah S ^a   Al Ghamdi, Badr R ^a   Hassanein, Mervat A ^a   Nahar, Shamsun ^a   Farheen, Aesha ^a   Gaballah, Inasse I ^a   Mohamed, Amani ^a   Rabie, Faten M ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 84884236899     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/960292     Document Type: Article

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