Smoking habits and beliefs of future physicians of Pakistan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 915-919

  Nawaz, H ^a   Imam, S Z ^a   Zubairi, Ali Bin Sarwar ^a   Pabaney, A H ^a   Sepah, Y J ^a   Islam, M ^a   Khan, J A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Medical students; Pakistan; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUPPORT GROUP; TOBACCO; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HABIT; SMOKING;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; SMOKING;

EID: 34547771544     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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