Use of Smoke-less Tobacco Amongst the Staff of Tertiary Care Hospitals in the Largest City of Pakistan |
Valliani, Arif
(Dow University of Health Sciences)
Ahmed, Bilawal (Dow University of Health Sciences) Nanji, Kashmira (Aga Khan University) Valliani, Salimah (Aga Khan University) Zulfiqar, Beenish (Dow University of Health Sciences) Fakih, Misbah (Dow University of Health Sciences) Mehdi, Mehwish (Dow University of Health Sciences) Khan, Anam (Dow University of Health Sciences) Sheikh, Sana Arshad (Dow University of Health Sciences) Fatima, Nida (Dow University of Health Sciences) Ahmad, Sobia (Dow University of Health Sciences) Farah, Fariya (Dow University of Health Sciences) Saleem, Shaheera (Dow University of Health Sciences) Ather, Sana (Dow University of Health Sciences) Majid, Syed Khubaib (Dow University of Health Sciences) Hashmi, Syed Salman (Dow University of Health Sciences) Arjan, Sunil (Dow University of Health Sciences) |
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