Knowledge, attitudes and practice with regard to the articles of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control among Egyptian adults

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 228-235

  Abuelfoutoh, Aisha ^a   El Tahlawy, Eman ^b   Hifnawy, Tamer ^c,d   Scharaf, Neven ^b   Momen, Mohamed ^a   Kamal, Aya Mostafa ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adults; Egypt; FCTC; Smokers

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TAR;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPTIAN; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PACKAGING; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING REGULATION; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION;

EID: 84939188354     PISSN: 16583612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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