Measuring support for tobacco control policy in selected areas of six countries

Tobacco Control

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-246

  Laforge, Robert G ^a   Velicer, Wayne F ^a   Levesque, Deborah A ^a   Fava, Joseph L ^a   Hill, David J ^b   Schofield, Penelope E ^b   Fan, Dennis ^c   De Vries, Hein ^d   Shisana, William O ^e   Conner, Mark ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Policies; Smoking Policy Inventory; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032153474     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.7.3.241     Document Type: Article

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