Smoking behaviour and attitudes among Australian medical students

Medical Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Richmond, R L ^a,b   Kehoe, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Awareness; Education, medical, undergraduate; New South Wales; Smoking, psychology; Students, medical, psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0030826737     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1997.tb02561.x     Document Type: Article

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