Trends in tobacco use among Arab/Arab-American adolescents: preliminary findings.
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From the College of Nursing (TT, VR, HG, LW, HA, IA, OB, FT, MD) and Department of Family Medicine (HJ), Wayne State University, Detroit; Community Health & Research Center, ACCESS, Dearborn (AH, HJ, SA); Wayne County Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, Detroit (AK); Michigan. Thomas Templin, PhD; Virginia Hill Rice, PhD, RN; Hesham Gadelrab, MA; Linda Weglicki, PhD, RN; Adnan Hammad, PhD; Anahid Kulwicki, DSc, RN; Hasan Al-Omran, PhD, RN; Ibrahim Al-Faouri, MSN; Omar Baker, PhD, RN; Hikmet Jamil, MD, PhD; Frank Thompson, MA; Mona Dakroub, BA; Sharifa Abou-Mediene, MD
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Ethnicity & disease
دوره 15 1 Suppl 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005