International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 301-311 , August 1999

Evaluating the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention designed for nurses

  • Kathy Rowe

      Affiliations

    • The Queen's University of Belfast, 1–3 College Park East, Belfast BT7 1LQ, UK
  • ,
  • Jill Macleod Clark

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44-171-837-5102; fax: +44-171-837-5106

Received 23 December 1998 ,Accepted 11 February 1999.

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International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 301-311 , August 1999