Open AccessWaterpipe Tobacco Smoking among Arab Youth; a Cross-Country Study
Author(s) -
Khalid Kheirallah,
Jomana Alsulaiman,
Mohammad H. Al-Sakran,
Sukaina Alzyoud,
Sreenivas P. Veeranki,
Kenneth D. Ward
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ethnicity and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1945-0826
pISSN - 1049-510X
DOI - 10.18865/ed.26.1.107
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , tobacco use , confidence interval , youth smoking , tobacco control , environmental health , public health , population , nursing , sociology
Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) is considered a global epidemic that is spreading among youth. Our analysis was conducted to compare the national baseline prevalence rate estimates of WTS among Arab boys and girls.
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