Smoking behavior, attitudes, and cessation counseling among healthcare professionals in Armenia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Movsisyan, Narine K ^a   Varduhi, Petrosyan ^a   Arusyak, Harutyunyan ^a   Diana, Petrosyan ^a   Armen, Muradyan ^b   Frances, Stillman A ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA   (Armenia)

^b National Center of Oncology   (Armenia)

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

Author keywords

Armenia; Healthcare professionals; Physician smoking; Qualitative research; Smoke free hospital policy; Smoking cessation; Survey research; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARMENIA; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84871739231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1028     Document Type: Article

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