Gender Differences in Smoking and Smoking Cessation Treatment: An Examination of the Organizational Features Related to Care

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages S182-S189

  Farmer, Melissa M ^a,b   Rose, Danielle ^a   Riopelle, Deborah ^a   Lanto, Andy ^a   Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKE; SMOKING CESSATION; VETERAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 80155207275     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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