Global dissemination of a tobacco curriculum in medical schools

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 750-755

  Richmond, Robyn ^a,b   Taylor, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medical schools; Smoking cessation; Tobacco control; Tobacco education

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO;

CURRICULUM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO;

EID: 33745839644     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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