Tobacco smoking prevalence among a cross-section of dentists in Queensland, Australia

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 147-151

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Leggat, Peter A ^b  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dentist; Prevalence; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

EID: 33645752261     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.52.147     Document Type: Article

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