Prevalence of tobacco use among adults in Egypt, 2009

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-47

  Fouad, Heba ^a   El Awa, Fatimah ^a   El Naga, Randa Abou ^a   Emam, Awatef Hussien ^b   Labib, Sahar ^c   Palipudi, Krishna Mohan ^d   Andes, Linda J ^d   Asma, Samira ^d   Talley, Brandon ^e  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics   (Egypt)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e CDC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Epidemiology; Gender differences; Global adult tobacco survey; Shisha; Smoking; Tobacco; Tobacco addiction; Tobacco reduction plan; World health organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE;

ADULT; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 85008870964     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975913499801     Document Type: Article

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