Smoking behaviour predicts tobacco control attitudes in a high smoking prevalence hospital: a cross-sectional study in a Portuguese teaching hospital prior to the national smoking ban.

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Published in BMC Public Health on September 23, 2011

Authors

Sofia B Ravara1, Jose M Calheiros, Pedro Aguiar, Luis Taborda Barata

Author Affiliations

1: Health Sciences Research Centre (CICS), Faculty of Health Sciences (FCS), University of Beira Interior (UBI), Av, Infante D, Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal. sbravara@gmail.com

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