Smoking cessation programme: The Singapore General Hospital experience

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 430-434

  Zow, Huey Chin ^a   Hsu, A A L ^a   Eng, P C T ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bupropion; Counselling; Nicotine dependence; Pharmacotherapy; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SINGAPORE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 4644240564     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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