Attitudes of Roma toward smoking: Qualitative study in Slovenia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 344-347

  Petek, Davorina ^a   Pavlič, Danica Rotar ^b   Švab, Igor ^c   Lolić, Damir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Primary Health Center   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIO RECORDING; COMMUNITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICIAN; SLOVENIA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLOVENIA; SMOKING;

EID: 33646677233     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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