Surgery as a teachable moment: Lost opportunities to improve public health

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1106-1107

  Warner, David O ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 73149124276     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.205     Document Type: Note

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