Knowledge, attitude, and practice of water-pipe smoking among medical students in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Haroon, Mustafa ^a   Munir, Ahmed ^a   Mahmud, Waqas ^a   Hyder, Omar ^a  

^a RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Medical students; Pakistan; Shisha; Water pipe

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WATERPIPE SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893198022     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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