"Pack year" smoking histories: What about patients who use loose tobacco?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-142

  Wood, D M ^a   Mould, M G ^a   Ong, S B Y ^a   Baker, E H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 17144426640     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2004.009977     Document Type: Article

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