Smoking and Psychiatric Patients
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Smoking Pattern in Psychiatric Patients
The sample consisted of 86 male patients between the ages of 16 and 65 years attending psychiatric clinic of L. L. R. Hospital, Kanpur. The patients selected randomly, were further subjected to detailed clinical history and a thorough psychiatric assessment. The social and demographic variables and the details of the smoking habits were recorded on a specially prepared proforma. Enquiries were ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1963
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5345.1611-b