Smoking health professional student: An attitudinal challenge for health promotion?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2550-2561

  Cauchi, Daniel ^a   Mamo, Julian ^a  

^a MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Health profession; Prevalence; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CROSS SECTION; CURRICULUM; HEALTH EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STUDENT SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MALTA; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING HABIT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84870307141     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9072550     Document Type: Article

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