Smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking among Estonian physicians

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 390-399

  Pärna, Kersti ^a,b   Rahu, K ^b,c   Rahu, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Centre of Excellence in Behavioural and Health Sciences   (Estonia)

^c National Institute for Heath Development   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Estonia; Physicians; Positive role model; Smoking

Indexed keywords

SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; ROLE PLAYING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 14944363859     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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