Knowledge of and attitudes towards tobacco control among smoking and non-smoking physicians in 2 gulf arab states

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 585-591

  Behbehani, Nasser N ^a   Hamadeh, Randah R ^b   Macklai, Nejma S ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BAHRAIN; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 2942687428     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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