Light smokers are less likely to receive advice to quit from their GP than moderate-to-heavy smokers: A comparison of national survey data from the Netherlands and England

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-105

  Kotz, Daniel ^a,b   Willemsen, Marc C ^c,d   Brown, Jamie ^b   West, Robert ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c STIVORO   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Health surveys; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCRIPTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878985815     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2013.766792     Document Type: Article

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