Smoking cessation intervention practices in Chinese physicians: Do gender and smoking status matter?

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-137

  Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Jiang, Chaoqiang ^b   Chan, Ya Fen ^a   Chan, Sophia Siu Chee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangzhou 12th Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Attitude; Chinese physicians; Education and practice; Knowledge; Practice; Smoking cessation intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 79751479405     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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