Smoking in Health Science Students with Asthma

It is expected that asthmatic students in a health science department would avoid the hazards of cigarette smoking due to the knowledge they gain through their studies. Surprisingly, health science students with asthma had a higher prevalence of smoking than their healthy colleagues.

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Main Authors: Georgios Krommydas, Evangelia Kotrotsiou, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Theodosios Paralikas, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis, Paschalis-Adam Molyvdas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/730183
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spelling doaj-art-34c5322da2c347b6a1087a2e26afc05f2025-02-03T05:49:29ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412004-01-0111747647610.1155/2004/730183Smoking in Health Science Students with AsthmaGeorgios Krommydas0Evangelia Kotrotsiou1Vasilios Raftopoulos2Theodosios Paralikas3Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis4Paschalis-Adam Molyvdas5Lung Function Lab, Physiology Department, Medical School, University of Thessaly, GreeceDepartment of Nursing school, Faculty of Health Sciences, Technical Education Institute of Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Nursing school, Faculty of Health Sciences, Technical Education Institute of Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Nursing school, Faculty of Health Sciences, Technical Education Institute of Larissa, GreecePulmonary Department, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GreeceLung Function Lab, Physiology Department, Medical School, University of Thessaly, GreeceIt is expected that asthmatic students in a health science department would avoid the hazards of cigarette smoking due to the knowledge they gain through their studies. Surprisingly, health science students with asthma had a higher prevalence of smoking than their healthy colleagues.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/730183
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Smoking in Health Science Students with Asthma
Canadian Respiratory Journal
title Smoking in Health Science Students with Asthma
title_full Smoking in Health Science Students with Asthma
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title_short Smoking in Health Science Students with Asthma
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