Smoking among patients admitted to a general hospital: A missed opportunity for early intervention

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-38

  Hunt, Mary ^a   Kouimtsidis, Christos ^a   Reynolds, Martina ^a   Lind, Jackie ^a   Ghodse, Hamid ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037318063     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968763021000016371     Document Type: Article

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