Smoking behaviour and attitudes regarding the role of physicians in tobacco control among medical students in Kuopio, Finland in 2006

CVD Prevention and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 53-60

  Toriola, Adetunji T ^a   Myllykangas, Markku T ^a   Barengo, Noël C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Medical students; Smoking cessation; Smoking prevalence; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYMPTOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 47049087885     PISSN: 18754570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precon.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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