Hookah pipe smoking among health sciences students

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 847-849

  van der Merwe, N ^a   Banoobhai, T ^a   Gqweta, A ^a   Gwala, A ^a   Masiea, T ^a   Misra, M ^a   Zweigenthal, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Epidemiology; Health sciences; Hookah pipe; Knowledge; Practices; Smoking; Tobacco; University; Water pipe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOOKAH PIPE SMOKING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TASTE DISORDER;

EID: 84885973073     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7448     Document Type: Article

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