Smoking habits among physicians in Istanbul and their attitudes regarding anti-smoking legislation

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 350-355

  Uysal, Mehmet Atilla ^a,d,e   Dilmen, Nevit ^b   Karasulu, Levent ^a,e   Demir, Tunçalp ^c  

^a Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Training Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^e Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Legislation; Physicians; Smoking; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 36849008101     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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