Knowledge about electronic cigarettes and its perception: A community survey, Egypt

Respiratory Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Abo Elkheir, Omaima I ^a   Sobh, Eman ^a,b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alzahraa University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Community survey; Electronic cigarettes; Knowledge; Perception; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPTIAN; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EGYPT; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PRODUCT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977583081     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-016-0365-0     Document Type: Article

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