Are we failing to document adequate smoking histories A brief review 19992009

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1691-1696

  Self, Timothy H ^a   Wallace, Jessica L ^a   Gray, Lori Arnold ^a   Usery, Justin B ^a   Finch, Christopher K ^a   Deaton, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation; Pack year history; Smoking history

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDLINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SHORT SURVEY; ANAMNESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953606311     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2010.486574     Document Type: Short Survey

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