"Catastrophic" pathways to smoking cessation: Findings from national survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7539, 2006, Pages 458-460

  West, Robert ^a   Sohal, Taj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BMRB Social Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33644781486     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38723.573866.AE     Document Type: Article

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