Cigarette smoking and anti-smoking counseling practices among physicians in Wuhan, China

Health Education

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-332

  Gong, Jie ^a   Zhang, Zhifeng ^a   Zhu, Zhaoyang ^a   Wan, Jun ^a   Yang, Niannian ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Sun, Huiling ^a   Li, Weiping ^a   Xia, Jiang ^a   Zhou, Dunjin ^a   Chen, Xinguang ^b  

^a Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cigarettes; Counseling; Medical personnel; Medical professions; Personal health; Smoking cessation; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863486620     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281211237153     Document Type: Article

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