Use of nicotine replacement therapy and stop-smoking medicines in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers and ex-smokers

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2015, Pages S78-S84

  Thomas, David P ^a   Briggs, Viki L ^b   Couzos, Sophia ^c   Panaretto, Kathryn S ^d   Van Der Sterren, Anke E ^b   Stevens, Matthew ^a   Borland, Ron ^e  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE PATCH; VARENICLINE; BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NICOTINIC AGENT; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SAMPLING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BENZAZEPINES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; QUINOXALINES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930174331     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja15.00205     Document Type: Article

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