Targeting smoking cessation to high prevalence communities: Outcomes from a pilot intervention for gay men

BMC Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Harding, Richard ^a   Bensley, James ^b   Corrigan, Nick ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GMFA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY; SMOKING CESSATION; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8844275995     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-43     Document Type: Article

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