The Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote aboriginal Australian health care setting

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Marley, Julia V ^a,b   Atkinson, David ^a,b   Kitaura, Tracey ^c   Nelson, Carmel ^b   Gray, Dennis ^d   Metcalf, Sue ^b   Maguire, Graeme P ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^c Derby Aboriginal Health Service   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) Study; Indigenous; Randomised controlled trial; Smoking cessation; Torres Strait Islander

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892386550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-32     Document Type: Article

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