Gender differences among general practitioners in smoking cessation counseling practices

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 208-214

  O'Loughlin, Jennifer ^a,b   Makni, Héla ^c   Tremblay, Michèle ^b   Karp, Igor ^a,d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counseling; Family physician; Smoking; Surveys; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUEBEC; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 34548427974     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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