Few smokers in South Auckland access subsidised nicotine replacement therapy

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1308, 2010, Pages 16-27

  Thornley, Simon ^a   Jackson, Gary ^b   McRobbie, Hayden ^c   Sinclair, Siniva ^b   Smith, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Auckland Regional Public Health Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NICOTINE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75849141252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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