Which smokers are helped to give up smoking using transdermal nicotine patches? Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 404, 1996, Pages 145-148

  Yudkin, P L ^a,b   Jones, L ^a   Lancaster, T ^a   Fowler, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nicotine dependence; Randomized trial; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030002328     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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