General practitioners' perceived barriers to smoking cessation - results from four Nordic countries

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-147

  Helgason, Ásgeir R ^a   Lund, Karl E ^b  

^a Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

barriers; general practitioners; physicians; prevention; smoking; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ICELAND; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SWEDEN; TOBACCO; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCANDINAVIA; SMOKING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SCANDINAVIA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0036357987     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948020300020801     Document Type: Article

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