Correlates of Smoking, Quit Attempts and Attitudes towards Total Smoking Bans at University: Findings from Eleven Faculties in Egypt |
Ansari, Walid El
(Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Gloucestershire)
Labeeb, Shokria (Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University) Kotb, Safaa (Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University) Yousafzai, Mohammad T. (Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Hamad Medical Corporation) El-Houfey, Amira (Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University) Stock, Christiane (Unit for Health Promotion Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark) |
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