Survey of GPs' understanding of tobacco and nicotine products

Drugs and Alcohol Today

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-150

  Patwardhan, Sudhanshu Ramesh ^a   Murphy, Marina A ^a  

^a BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Harm reduction; Nicotine; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879377528     PISSN: 17459265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/DAT-02-2013-0010     Document Type: Article

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