Low and declining cigarette smoking rates among doctors and nurses: 2006 New Zealand Census data

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1284, 2008, Pages

  Edwards, Richard ^a   Bowler, Tom ^a   Atkinson, June ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE NURSE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RADIOLOGIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CENSUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 56149122612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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