International Quit and Win 1996: Standardized evaluation in selected campaign countries

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 742-751

  Korhonen, Tellervo ^a   McAlister, Alfred ^a   Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a   Puska, Pekka ^a   Mannonen, Paula ^b   Urjanheimo, Eeva Liisa ^c   Morava, Endre ^d   Kamardina, Tatyana ^e   Uhanov, Mihael ^f   Gumin, Tamara ^f   Mitterpa chova, Gabriela ^g   Salto, Esteban ^h   Alvarez, Ana ⁱ   Pardell, Helios ^j   Kvasha, Elena ^k  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Finnish Centre for Health Promotion   (Finland)

^c North Karelia Project   (Finland)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR THERAPY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^f Central Hospital of Pitkaranta   (Russian Federation)

^g Specialized State Institute of Public Health   (Slovakia)

^h GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

ⁱ Autonomic Transplant Coordination of Castilla León   (Spain)

^j Research Institute of Cardiology ^*  (Finland)

^k Ukranian Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology   (Ukraine)

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Author keywords

Follow up studies; Quit and win contest; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034518607     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0766     Document Type: Article

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