Gaining insight into the implementation of an e-learning smoking cessation course in Latin American countries.
Continuous medical education focused on health problems emerging in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is scarce. Although tobacco consumption is increasing in LMICs, there is a lack of tobacco cessation training programs in these countries. To promote smoking cessation interventions in Bolivi...
| Published in: | Health Promotion International Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 349 - 363 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2021
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