Smoking status and levels of knowledge regarding cigarettes among primary school teachers

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1227-1231

  Unsal, Meftun ^a   Hamzacebi, Hasan ^a   Dabak, Sennur ^a   Terzi, Ozlem ^a   Kirisoglu, Tumay ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Primary school; Smoking; Teacher

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TEACHER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TURKEY;

EID: 58149360017     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31818da807     Document Type: Article

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