Doctors' behaviour & skills for tobacco cessation in Kerala

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-255

  Thankappan, K R ^a   Pradeepkumar, A S ^a   Nichter, Mark ^b  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour of doctors; Kerala; Tobacco cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; SKILL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 67649662067     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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