Increasing response rates to a smoking survey for U.S. Navy enlisted women

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 172-181

  Woodruff, Susan I ^a   Conway, Terry L ^a   Edwards, Christine C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAVY; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034088709     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016327870002300203     Document Type: Article

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