Harmful effects of shisha: literature review
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Harmful effects of shisha: literature review
Tobacco is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality across the world. A recently infamous way of smoking tobacco is shisha. Shisha smoking is also known as water pipe, hookah and Narghile smoking. The percentage of shisha smokers is on the rise rapidly spanning the globe. A literature review was conducted to identify all evidence on the epidemiological variations and health effects of shi...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Archives of Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1755-7682
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-7-16