Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT): Changes in community attitudes toward cigarette smoking

Health Education Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-122

  Taylor, S Martin ^a   Ross, Nancy A ^a   Cummings, K Michael ^b   Glasgow, Russell E ^c   Goldsmith, Charles H ^a   Zanna, Mark P ^d   Corle, Donald K ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031890815     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/13.1.109     Document Type: Article

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