Psychiatric inpatient and staff attitudes regarding smoking reduction

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-233

  Melamed, Yuval ^a,b   Peres, Debby ^a   Gelkopf, Marc ^a   Noam, Sigalit ^a   Bleich, Avi ^a,b  

^a LEV HASHARON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 36549005975     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
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