Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 101-106 , 5 October 2004

Factors related to frequency of narghile (waterpipe) use: the first insights on tobacco dependence in narghile users

  • W. Maziak

      Affiliations

    • Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, P.O. Box 16542, Aleppo, Syria
    • Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +963 21 2644246; fax: +963 21 26499150.
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  • K.D. Ward

      Affiliations

    • Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, P.O. Box 16542, Aleppo, Syria
    • Center for Community Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
    • ,
  • T. Eissenberg

      Affiliations

    • Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, P.O. Box 16542, Aleppo, Syria
    • Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

Received 11 November 2003 ,Revised 13 April 2004 ,Accepted 16 April 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.04.007

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