Smoking termination opportunity for in patients (STOP): Superiority of a course of varenicline tartrate plus counselling over counselling alone for smoking cessation: A 12-month randomised controlled trial for inpatients

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 485-486

  Smith, Brian James ^a   Carson, Kristin Veronica ^a   Brinn, Malcolm Philip ^a   Labiszewski, Nadina Ann ^a   Peters, Matthew J ^b   Fitridge, Robert ^c   Koblar, Simon A ^c   Jannes, Jim ^a,c   Veale, Antony J ^a   Goldsworthy, Sharon J ^a   Litt, John ^d   Edwards, David ^e   Esterman, Adrian Jeffrey ^f  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VARENICLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84876287552     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202484     Document Type: Letter

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