Validation of the global health professions students survey questionnaire in Italy

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-398

  Gualano, Maria Rosaria ^a   Bontempi, Claudio ^b   Saulle, Rosella ^b   Ricciardi, Walter ^a   la Torre, Giuseppe ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cronbach's alpha; Health professionals; Medical students; Smoking; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255172598     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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