Differential success rates in racial groups: Results of a clinical trial of smoking cessation among female prisoners

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 690-697

  Cropsey, Karen I ^a   Weaver, Michael F ^b   Eldridge, Gloria D ^c   Villalobos, Gabriela C ^d   Best, Al M ^d   Stitzer, Maxine I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL; NICOTINE; NICOTINE PATCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 67049143519     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntp051     Document Type: Article

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