How to help older adults quit smoking

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 27-33

  Sheahan, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING CESSATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0036887268     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006205-200212000-00005     Document Type: Article

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