Comparison of knowledge, attitudes and behaviour regarding smoking among Estonian and Finnish physicians

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 378-388

  Pärna, Kersti ^a,b   Rahu, Kaja ^b,c   Barengo, Noël C ^d   Rahu, Mati ^b,c   Sandström, Patrick H ^e   Jormanainen, Vesa J ^f   Myllykangas, Markku T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Estonia; Finland; Physicians; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 31144431850     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-005-4089-z     Document Type: Article

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