Impact of the curriculum on Chinese dental students' tobacco control attitudes and beliefs: A case study in Harbin, China

International Dental Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 181-186

  Tao, Sha ^a   Croucher, Ray ^a,b   Pau, Allan ^a  

^a Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry ^*

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental students; Dentists; Tobacco cessation; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249127111     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/IDJ_1898Croucher06     Document Type: Article

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