Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

The prevalence, knowledge of health effect and attitude towards smoking among undergraduates in a Nigerian University

Chima Uzoma Igwe
  • Chima Uzoma Igwe
  • Department of Physiology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
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Japheth Chukwuebuka David
  • Japheth Chukwuebuka David
  • Department of Physiology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
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Oghenevwede Anderson Okuma
  • Oghenevwede Anderson Okuma
  • Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, United Kingdom.
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Vivian Chizoma Njemanze
  • Vivian Chizoma Njemanze
  • Department of Sociology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 20 September 2020
  •  Accepted: 09 November 2020
  •  Published: 28 February 2021

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