Increasing trends of tobacco use in medical students in Slovakia - A reason for concern?

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-32

  Baška, Tibor ^a,b   Bašková, Martina ^a   Hudečková, Henrieta ^a   Straka, Štefan ^a   Mad'Ar, Rastislav ^a  

^a University Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^b Institute of Public Health JFM CU   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Medical students; Prevalence; Smoking; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247213922     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3402     Document Type: Article

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