Physician smoking status may influence cessation counseling practices

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 290-293

  Meshefedjian, Garbis A ^a   Gervais, André ^a,b   Tremblay, Michèle ^c   Villeneuve, Diane ^a   O'Loughlin, Jennifer ^b,d  

^a Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cessation counseling; Cross sectional; Logistic regression; Mail questionnaire; Physician smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149256803     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405288     Document Type: Article

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