Medical students lack basic knowledge about smoking: Findings from two European medical schools

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-98

  Raupach, Tobias ^a   Shahab, Lion ^b   Baetzing, Sandra ^a   Hoffmann, Barbara ^c   Hasenfuss, Gerd ^a   West, Robert ^b   Andreas, Stefan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d Specialist Clinic for Lung Diseases   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049106959     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntn007     Document Type: Article

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