Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 7 , Pages 618-623 , July 2006

Prevalence and characteristics of smoking in primary healthcare workers in Iquique, Chile

  • P. Siqués

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Studies, Universidad Arturo, Prat, P.O. Box 223, Iquique, Chile
    • Centre for Research of Man in the Desert, Iquique, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Institute of Health Studies, Universidad Arturo, Prat, P.O. Box 223, Iquique, Chile. Tel./fax: +56 57 453766.
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  • J. Brito

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Studies, Universidad Arturo, Prat, P.O. Box 223, Iquique, Chile
    • Centre for Research of Man in the Desert, Iquique, Chile
    • Hospital Iquique, Iquique, Chile
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  • C. Muñoz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Studies, Universidad Arturo, Prat, P.O. Box 223, Iquique, Chile
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  • P. Pasten

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Studies, Universidad Arturo, Prat, P.O. Box 223, Iquique, Chile
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  • P. Zavala

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Studies, Universidad Arturo, Prat, P.O. Box 223, Iquique, Chile
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  • J. Vergara

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Studies, Universidad Arturo, Prat, P.O. Box 223, Iquique, Chile

Received 4 January 2005 ,Revised 9 September 2005 ,Accepted 12 January 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00062-X

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.01.008

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 7 , Pages 618-623 , July 2006