Berlin's medical students' smoking habits, knowledge about smoking and attitudes toward smoking cessation counseling
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Berlin's medical students' smoking habits, knowledge about smoking and attitudes toward smoking cessation counseling
BACKGROUND Diseases associated with smoking are a foremost cause of premature death in the world, both in developed and developing countries. Eliminating smoking can do more to improve health and prolong life than any other measure in the field of preventive medicine. Today's medical students will play a prominent role in future efforts to prevent and control tobacco use. METHODS A cross-sect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1745-6673
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-5-9