Changing habits and attitudes towards smoking among future physicians

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-387

  Tee, Guat Hiong ^a,d   Noran, N H ^b   Farizah, H ^b   Azhana, N H ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c University Malaya

^d Public Health Institute   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Future physicians; Habits and attitudes; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 42349093590     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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