Nurses' knowledge about the risk of light cigarettes and other tobacco "harm reduction" strategies

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 653-661

  Borrelli, Belinda ^a   Novak, Scott P ^b  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NURSE TRAINING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 34250632723     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200701365202     Document Type: Article

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