A medical student-delivered smoking prevention program, education against tobacco, for secondary schools in Brazil: Study protocol for a randomized trial

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  de Freitas Xavier, Luiz Eduardo ^a   Bernardes Souza, Breno ^a   Lisboa, Oscar Campos ^a   Seeger, Werner ^b   Groneberg, David Alexander ^c   Tran, Thien An ^d   Fries, Fabian Norbert ^e   Corrêa, Paulo César Rodrigues Pinto ^a   Brinker, Titus Josef ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Medical students; Photoaging; Schools; Tobacco prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021786673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.7134     Document Type: Article

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