Successful smoking cessation with electronic cigarettes in smokers with a documented history of recurring relapses: A case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Caponnetto, Pasquale ^a   Polosa, Riccardo ^a,b   Russo, Cristina ^a   Leotta, Carmelo ^b   Campagna, Davide ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 83655181510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-585     Document Type: Article

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