Effective tobacco control measures: agreement among medical students
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Effective tobacco control measures: agreement among medical students
Objective: To determine the level of agreement with effective tobacco control measures recommended by the World Health Organization and to assess the attitudes toward, knowledge of, and beliefs regarding smoking among third-year medical students at University of São Paulo School of Medicine, located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: Between 2008 and 2012, all third-year medical stude...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1806-3713
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37562015000000316