Changes in smoking prevalence and attitudes to smoking among Japanese physicians between 2000 and 2004

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 882-890

  Kaneita, Y ^a   Sakurai, H ^b   Tsuchiya, T ^b   Ohida, T ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b World Medical Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Physicians; Smoking

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; MALE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 50049115250     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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