Do patient age and medical condition influence medical advice to stop smoking?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 264-266

  Maguire, Conor P ^a,b   Ryan, James ^a   Kelly, Alan ^c   O'Neill, Desmond ^a   Coakley, Davis ^a   Walsh, J Bernard ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Age; Elderly; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICINE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; RESIDENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0034068006     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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