A review of the health effects of smoking shisha

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-266

  Kadhum, Murtaza ^a   Sweidan, Abed ^a   Jaffery, Ali Emad ^a   Al Saadi, Adam ^a   Madden, Brendan ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory; Hookah; Public health; Shisha; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; REVIEW; SHISHA; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRENDS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING;

EID: 84941034463     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-3-263     Document Type: Review

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