A comparison of individual and population smoking data from a postal survey and general practice records

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 455, 2000, Pages 465-468

  Wilson, A ^a   Manku Scott, T ^a   Shepherd, D ^a   Jones, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Primary care; Smoking; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 0033841574     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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