Predictors of smoking cessation among staff in public universities in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 811-816

  Yasin, Siti Munira ^a,b   Masilamani, Retneswari ^b   Ming, Moy Foong ^b   Koh, David ^c  

^a University College of Technology and Innovation   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Predictors; Smoking cessation; Staff; University; Worksite

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958861729     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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