Smoking behavior and views of Jordanian dentists: A pilot survey

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-168

  Burgan, Samar Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOBACCO; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0038193775     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2003.28     Document Type: Article

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