Smoking cessation among inner-city African Americans using the nicotine transdermal patch

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^a,c   McNagny, Sally E ^a   Clark, W Scott ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Inner city patients; Nicotine patch; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COUNSELING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; URBAN AREA;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031931252     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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