Smoking and health: Opinions and awareness among general dentists in Jordan

International Dental Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 463-467

  Burgan, Samar Z ^a,b  

^a University of Jordan ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dentists; General health; Jordan; Oral health; Smoking; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTIST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JORDAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PRECANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JORDAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 0035751797     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1875-595X.2001.tb00861.x     Document Type: Article

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