Prevalence of tobacco smoking among health-care physicians in Bahrain

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Borgan, Saif M ^a   Jassim, Ghufran ^a   Marhoon, Zaid A ^a   Almuqamam, Mohamed A ^a   Ebrahim, Mohamed A ^a   Soliman, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Doctors; Lifestyle; Physician; Shisha; Smoking; Tobacco; Waterpipe

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; BAHRAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BAHRAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WATER;

EID: 84907055250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-931     Document Type: Article

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