Smoking habits and awareness of smoking risks depending on academic background in university students

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-238

  Saleiro, Sandra ^a   Damas, Carla ^a   Gomes, Isabel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Smoking habits; University students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 42349084332     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30232-4     Document Type: Article

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