Medical students of Kyrgyzstan: Smoking prevalence and attitudes to smoking cessation counseling

Prevention and Control

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Vinnikov, Denis ^a   Lahdensuo, Aarne ^b   Brimkulov, Nurlan ^a  

^a Kyrgyz Asthma Centre   (Kyrgyzstan)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Medical students; Smoking cessation; Smoking prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 33746948900     PISSN: 15732088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precon.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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