Physician-Delivered Advice to Quit Smoking Among Italian Smokers

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-63

  Ferketich, Amy K ^a   Gallus, Silvano ^b   Colombo, Paolo ^b   Fossati, Roldano ^b   Apolone, Giovanni ^b   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 44649146443     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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