Brief intervention by general practitioners against smoking
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Effect of general practitioners' advice against smoking.
During four weeks all 2138 cigarette smokers attending the surgeries of 28 general practitioners (GPs) in five group practices in London were allocated to one of four groups: group 1 comprised non-intervention controls; group 2 comprised questionnaire-only controls; group 3 were advised by their GP to stop smoking; and group 4 were advised to stop smoking, given a leaflet to help them, and warn...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.132-c