Do patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease receive smoking cessation advice and interventions in rural Crete? Report from a medical audit study

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 385-386

  Kotsoni, Chistiana ^a,d   Antonakis, Nikos ^b   Markaki, Adelais ^c   Lionis, Christos ^c  

^a Venizelion Hospital   (Greece)

^b Health Center of Anogeia   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIROMETRY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 56349154510     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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