Effect of acupuncture on smoking cessation or reduction: An 8-month and 5-year follow-up study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 364-372

  He, Dong ^a,b   Medbo, Jon I ^c   Hostmark, Arne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b TAIJI Acupuncture Institute   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cotinine; Desire to smoke; Ear acupressure; Fibrinogen; Follow up studies; Peroxides; Smoking; Taste of tobacco; TBARS; Thiocyanate; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

COTININE; FIBRINOGEN; THIOCYANATE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034757480     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2001.0901     Document Type: Article

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