Smoking rates among hospital nurses in Longkou city, China

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-112

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Zhao, Isabella ^b   Wang, Lina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Longkou Chinese Medicine Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

China; Nurse; Prevalence; Smoking; Survey; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 84875533835     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12002     Document Type: Article

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