The incidence of smoking and risk factors for smoking initiation in medical faculty students: cohort study

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Senol Y., Donmez L., Turkay M., Aktekin M.

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.6, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-128
  • Dergi Adı: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Medical education requires detailed investigation because it is a period during which the attitudes and behaviors of physicians develop. The purpose of this study was to calculate the yearly smoking prevalence and incidence rates of medical faculty students and to identify the risk factors for adopting smoking behaviour.