Patterns of smoking behavior among physicians in Yerevan, Armenia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Perrin, Paul C ^a   Merrill, Ray M ^a   Lindsay, Gordon B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ARMENIA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 33745985154     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-139     Document Type: Article

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