Smokers ages 50+: Who gets physician advice to quit?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 364-369

  Ossip Klein, Deborah J ^a   McIntosh, Scott ^a   Utman, Christopher ^b   Burton, Kathi ^a   Spada, Jean ^a   Guido, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Physician advice; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF HELP; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0033810420     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0721     Document Type: Article

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