Smoking habits and cessation programme in an Australian teaching hospital

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 446-452

  Jones, T E ^a   Crocker, H ^a   Ruffin, R E ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hospital; Smoking cessation programme; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031658070     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb02079.x     Document Type: Article

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