Smoking cessation counselling practices among Québec optometrists: Evaluating beliefs, practices, barriers and needs

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 599-605

  Brûlé, Julie ^a   Abboud, Carole ^a   Deschambault, Émilie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counselling; Optometrists; Smoking; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPTOMETRY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84868200929     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2012.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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