Tobacco smoking in the Caribbean: The role of dental professionals in smoking cessation programmes

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 171-173

  Naidu, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEATH; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NORTH AMERICA; OBSERVATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SUPPORT GROUP;

CARIBBEAN REGION; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0036758253     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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