Cigarette smoking knowledge and perceptions among students in four Italian medical schools

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1065-1072

  Grassi, Maria Caterina ^a   Chiamulera, Christian ^b   Baraldo, Massimo ^c   Culasso, Franco ^d   Ferketich, Amy K ^e   Raupach, Tobias ^f,g   Patrono, Carlo ^h   Nencini, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONSET AGE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863595248     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntr330     Document Type: Article

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