Who receives prescriptions for smoking cessation medications? An association rule mining analysis using a large primary care database

Tobacco Control

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 274-279

  Huang, Yue ^a   Britton, John ^a   Hubbard, Richard ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878927791     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050124     Document Type: Article

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