Recruitment of community pharmacies in a randomized trial to generate patient referrals to the tobacco quitline

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 396-404

  Corelli, Robin L ^a   Zillich, Alan J ^b,c   de Moor, Carl ^b   Giuliano, Margherita R ^d   Arnold, Jennifer ^e   Fenlon, Christine M ^b   Douglas, Cami L ^b   Magnusson, Brooke ^f   Zbikowski, Susan M ^f   Prokhorov, Alexander V ^g   Hudmon, Karen Suchanek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Connecticut Pharmacists Association ^*  (United States)

^e Washington State Pharmacy Association   (United States)

^f Alere Wellbeing   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief intervention; Community pharmacy; Pharmacist; Pharmacy technician; Quitline; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Tobacco; Tobacco cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIEF INTERVENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; QUITLINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

BRIEF INTERVENTION; COMMUNITY PHARMACY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; QUITLINE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO CESSATION;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CONNECTICUT; HUMANS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACISTS' AIDES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SMOKING CESSATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84880954264     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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