Smoker, ex-smoker or non-smoker? The validity of routinely recorded smoking status in UK primary care: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Marston, Louise ^a   Carpenter, James R ^b,c   Walters, Kate R ^a   Morris, Richard W ^a   Nazareth, Irwin ^a   White, Ian R ^d   Petersen, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH IMPROVEMENT NETWORK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGISTRATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899536856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004958     Document Type: Article

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