Are We Asking Patients if They Smoke?: Missing Information on Tobacco Use in Canadian Electronic Medical Records

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 264-268

  Greiver, Michelle ^a,b   Aliarzadeh, Babak ^a,b   Meaney, Christopher ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^a   Southgate, Chris A ^a,b   Barber, David T S ^c   White, David G ^a,b   Martin, Ken B ^c   Ikhtiar, Tabassum ^e   Williamson, Tyler ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CANADA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937514438     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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