A review of tobacco smoking and smoking cessation practices among physicians in China: 1987e2010

Tobacco Control

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-14

  Abdullah, Abu S ^a,b   Qiming, Feng ^a   Pun, Vivian ^c   Stillman, Frances A ^d   Samet, Jonathan M ^e  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84871456295     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050135     Document Type: Review

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