Prevalence of Smoking and the Related Factors Among the Elderly in Kashmar, Iran

Hashem Heshmati; Abdurrahman Charkazi; Rasoul Asnaashari; Faramarz Koohsar

doi:10.17795/jhealthscope-13996

Prevalence of Smoking and the Related Factors Among the Elderly in Kashmar, Iran

authors:

Hashem Heshmati ^{1
, *} , Abdurrahman Charkazi ¹ , Rasoul Asnaashari ¹ , Faramarz Koohsar ²

1 Department of Public Health, School of Health, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran

2 Department of Laboratory Science, Faculty of Paramedical, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran

Health Scope: Vol.3, issue 1; e13996

published online: February 17, 2014

article type: Letter

received: August 3, 2013

revised: September 28, 2013

accepted: October 4, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17795/jhealthscope-13996

how to cite: Heshmati H, Charkazi A, Asnaashari R, Koohsar F. Prevalence of Smoking and the Related Factors Among the Elderly in Kashmar, Iran. Health Scope. 2014;3(1):e13996. https://doi.org/10.17795/jhealthscope-13996.

Keywords

Smoking Aged Mortality

Acknowledgements

Footnotes

Authors’ Contribution:Study design, Hashem Heshmati; data collection, Rasoul Asnaashari; analysis and interpretation, Hashem Heshmati; drafting the manuscript, Hashem Heshmati and Abdurrahman Charkazi; revision, Faramarz Koohsar.
Financial Disclosure:There is no financial disclosure.
Funding/Support:There was no financial support.

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