Attitudes of Irish dental, dental hygiene and dental nursing students and newly qualified practitioners to tobacco use cessation: A national survey

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-22

  McCartan, B ^a   McCreary, C ^a   Healy, C ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Mouth disease; Smoking; Tobacco; Tobacco cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 44049091070     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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