Cigarette purchases at pharmacies by patients at high risk of smoking-related illness

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2031-2032

  Krumme, Alexis A ^a   Choudhry, Niteesh K ^a   Shrank, William H ^b   Brennan, Troyen A ^b   Matlin, Olga S ^b   Brill, Gregory ^a   Gagne, Joshua J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CVS Caremark   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE PURCHASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SMOKING; SMOKING AND SMOKING RELATED PHENOMENA; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARDS; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGENTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84919493268     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5307     Document Type: Letter

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