Helping women quit smoking: Results of a community intervention program

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 940-946

  Secker Walker, Roger H ^a,b   Flynn, Brian S ^a   Solomon, Laura J ^a   Skelly, Joan M ^a   Dorwaldt, Anne L ^a   Ashikaga, Takamaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SMOKING CESSATION; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 0034041185     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.6.940     Document Type: Article

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