Clinician factors associated with prescribing nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy: A cross-sectional survey of Australian obstetricians and general practitioners

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 366-370

  Bar Zeev, Yael ^a   Bonevski, Billie ^a   Gruppetta, Maree ^b   Twyman, Laura ^a   Atkins, Lou ^c   Palazzi, Kerrin ^d   Oldmeadow, Christopher ^a,d   Gould, Gillian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

drug therapy; nicotine; physicians; pregnancy; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; OBSTETRICIAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO USE CESSATION DEVICES;

EID: 85038223692     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12751     Document Type: Article

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