Preparedness for the smoking cessation role among health sciences students in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-243

  Waheedi, Mohammad ^a   Al Tmimy, Aisha M ^a   Enlund, Hannes ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Questionnaires; Smoking cessation; Students of health professions

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHARMACY STUDENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953669936     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321273     Document Type: Article

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