Smoking sleuths: A pilot tobacco prevention elective for medical school students

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-125

  Powers, Catherine A ^a   Thomson, Carey C ^b   Feuerstein, Ilana ^a   Cross, Megan ^a   Powers, Erin M ^c   Prout, Marianne ^d   Geller, Alan C ^a,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DENTISTRY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SMOKING;

EID: 45849121014     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190802039128     Document Type: Article

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