The relationship between waterpipe smoking and body weight: Population-based findings from Syria

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-40

  Ward, Kenneth D ^a,b   Ahn, SangNam ^a   Mzayek, Fawaz ^a,b   Al Ali, Radwan ^b   Rastam, Samer ^b   Asfar, Taghrid ^b,c   Fouad, Fouad ^b,d   Maziak, Wasim ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WATERPIPE SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; SMOKING; SYRIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84922477613     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntu121     Document Type: Article

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