Smoking rates in the Middle-East and North Africa: Interim results of the BREATHE study

M. Polatli, M. A. Tageldin, A. Javed, A. Alzaabi, N. Shahrour, S. Taright, M. Beji, N. M. Obeidat, E. Uzaslan, A. El-Hasnaoui, The BREATHE Study Group (Aydin, Bursa, Turkey; Cairo, Egypt; Peshawar, Pakistan; Abu Dhabi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic; Algiers, Algeria; Tunis, Tunisia; Amman, Jordan)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Respiratory epidemiology: prevalence, incidence and remission
Session: Respiratory epidemiology: prevalence, incidence and remission
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4143
Disease area: Airway diseases

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