The hardening hypothesis: Does it matter?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-268

  Docherty, Graeme ^a   McNeill, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84857320270     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050382     Document Type: Article

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