Is making smoking status a vital sign sufficient to increase cessation support actions in clinical practice?

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-25

  Boyle, Raymond ^a   Solberg, Leif I ^a  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice patterns; Physician's practice patterns; Signs and symptoms; Smoking; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; ANAMNESIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD;

ADULT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 2142764016     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.38     Document Type: Article

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