A comparison of smoking cessation efforts in African Americans by resident physicians in a traditional and primary care internal medicine residency

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 131-135

  Borum, Marie L ^a,b  

^a George Washington Univ Med Center ^*

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Residents; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING CESSATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0034153816     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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