Effect of Religious Beliefs on the Smoking Behaviour of University Students: Quantitative Findings From Malaysia

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1869-1875

  Elkalmi, Ramadan M ^a   Alkoudmani, Ramez M ^a   Elsayed, Tarek M ^a   Ahmad, Akram ^b   Khan, Muhammad Umair ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Islam; Malaysia; Religion; Smoking; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISLAM; MALAYSIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALAYSIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944703931     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0136-0     Document Type: Article

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