The perceptions and habits of alcohol consumption and smoking among Canadian medical students

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-197

  Thakore, Sidd ^a   Ismail, Zahinoor ^b,c   Jarvis, Scott ^a   Payne, Eric ^a   Keetbaas, Shayne ^a   Payne, Rob ^a   Rothenburg, Lana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ALBERTA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 67650120122     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.33.3.193     Document Type: Article

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