Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 156-167 , March 2010

Social Capital, Women's Autonomy and Smoking Among Married Women in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods of Beirut, Lebanon

  • Rema A. Afifi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Rema A. Afifi, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, PO Box 11-0236; Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon; Phone: 961-1-374374 (x4660 RAA, RTN; x4640 MK); fax: 961-1-744470.
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  • Rima T. Nakkash, DrPH
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  • Marwan Khawaja, PhD

Received 2 May 2009 ,Revised 9 October 2009 ,Accepted 27 December 2009.

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 This paper was produced in the framework of a larger, interdisciplinary research project on Urban Health, coordinated by the Center for Research on Population Health at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, with generous support from the Wellcome Trust, the Mellon Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.

PII: S1049-3867(09)00191-1

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.12.005

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 156-167 , March 2010

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