Religious involvement and tobacco use in mainland China: A preliminary study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Zhizhong ^a   Koenig, Harold G ^a,b,c   Al Shohaib, Saad ^c  

^a NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Importance of religion; Mainland China; Muslims; Religious attendance; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

EID: 84928662374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1478-y     Document Type: Article

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