The role of health care professionals in providing smoking cessation advice in najran armed forces hospital, ksa

Open Cancer Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-16

  Harrabi, Imed ^a   Harbi, Fawaz Al ^a   Ghamdi, Saad Al ^a  

^a Najran Armed Forces Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Counseling; Global Youth Tobacco Survey; Health care; Health staff; Smoking cessation; Smoking habit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 84923260017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18740790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874079001407010011     Document Type: Article

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