The US Public Health Service "treating tobacco use and dependence clinical practice guidelines" as a legal standard of care

Tobacco Control

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 447-451

  Torrijos, Randy M ^a   Glantz, Stanton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 33845619148     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2006.016543     Document Type: Article

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