Tobacco use among medical students in Europe: Results of a multicentre study using the Global Health Professions Student Survey

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-164

  La Torre, G ^a,g   Kirch, W ^b   Bes Rastrollo, M ^c   Ramos, R M ^d   Czaplicki, M ^e   Gualano, M R ^f   Thummler K ^b   Ricciardi, W ^f   Boccia, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Medical students; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE PATCH;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; KNOWLEDGE; SMOKING; STUDENT; TOBACCO; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLOBAL HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENT SURVEY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SPAIN; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

GERMANY; ITALY; POLAND; SPAIN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84856586609     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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