Smoking cessation for older people: Neither too little nor too late

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 578-582

  Rowa Dewar, Neneh ^a   Ritchie, Deborah ^b  

^a Centre for Population Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Older people; Second hand smoke; Smoking cessation; Smoking in the home

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650464868     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2010.15.12.578     Document Type: Article

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