A quantitative assessment of a 4-year old intervention that improved patient counseling through improving medical student health

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Frank, Erica ^a,b   Elon, Lisa ^c   Hertzberg, Vicki ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FACULTY STUDENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 34250612582     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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