Building Evidence-Based Tobacco Treatment in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Lessons Learned by the Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies

Journal of Smoking Cessation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 116-123

  Asfar, Taghrid ^a,b   Ward, Kenneth D ^b,c   Al Ali, Radwan ^b   Maziak, Wasim ^b,d  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84961233472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18342612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jsc.2016.5     Document Type: Article

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