A first step incorporating smoking education into a brazilian medical school curriculum: Results of a survey to assess the cigarette smoking knowledge, attitudes, behaviour, and clinical practices of medical students

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-29

  Daudt, Alexander W ^a   Alberg, Anthony J ^b   Prola, João Carlos ^a   Fialho, Luciana ^a   Petracco, Alessandra ^a   Wilhelms, Alex ^a   Weiss, Aline ^a   Estery, Cristina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAZIL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032932882     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v18n01_03     Document Type: Article

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