Smoking among Greek nurses and their readiness to quit: Original Article

International Nursing Review

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-156

  Beletsioti Stika, P ^a   Scriven, A ^b  

^a Greek Military Nursing Academy   (Greece)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greece; Health Promotion; Qualified Nurses; Smoking Prevalence; Stages of Change

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33745398567     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2006.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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