The second study on WHO MPOWER tobacco control scores in Eastern Mediterranean countries based on the 2013 report: Improvements over two years

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 621-625

  Heydari, Gholamreza ^a   Ahmady, Arezoo Ebn ^b   Lando, Harry A ^c   Shadmehr, Mohammad B ^d   Fadaizadeh, Lida ^e  

^a Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Control; Scores; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRAN; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TAX; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; TOBACCO CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; PACKAGING; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 84906926072     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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