title: [Smoking behavior of Dutch family physicians in 1983-1988].
abstract: General practitioners' smoking behaviour in The Netherlands is described on the basis of survey data collected in the period 1983-1988. Until 1983 a large majority of the Dutch family physicians were smokers (1957: 82%, 1983: 56%). The smoking prevalence then was higher among physicians than among the male population. After 1983 a new development set in. Three inquiries showed that among Dutch physicians the smoking prevalence in 1988 was lower than that among the male general population (29 versus 37%). Dutch family physicians have stopped smoking to a larger extent than the physicians in any other EC-country (43% ex-smokers). Young entry-level doctors more and more tend to be never-smokers.
authors.affiliation: Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Faculteit der Gezondheidswetenschappen, Vakgroep Gezondheidsvoorlichting en -opvoeding, Maastricht.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adriaanse
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Reek
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rabier
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Rookgedrag van Nederlandse huisartsen in de periode 1983-1988.