Can primary care data be used to monitor regional smoking prevalence? An analysis of the Health Improvement Network primary care data

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Langley, Tessa E ^a   Szatkowski, Lisa C ^a   Wythe, Stephen ^a   Lewis, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053559361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-773     Document Type: Article

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