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Biomedical risk assessment as an aid for smoking cessation.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews - 12 Dec 2012
Bize Raphaël, Burnand Bernard, Mueller Yolanda, Rège-Walther Myriam, Camain Jean-Yves, Cornuz Jacques
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A possible strategy for increasing smoking cessation rates could be to provide smokers who have contact with healthcare systems with feedback on the biomedical or potential future effects of smoking, e.g. measurement of exhaled carbon monoxide (CO), lung function, or genetic susceptibility to lung cancer. OBJECTIVES: To determine the efficacy of biomedical risk assessment provided in addition to...
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