Can data from primary care medical records be used to monitor national smoking prevalence?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 791-795

  Szatkowski, Lisa ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a   McNeill, Ann ^a   Huang, Yue ^a   Coleman, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECORD; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84866003620     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.120154     Document Type: Article

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