Community-based tobacco control program: The Mamre study, a demonstration project

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 296-302

  Steyn, Krisela ^a,b   Hoffman, Margaret ^a   Levitt, Naomi S ^a   Lombard, Carl J ^a   Fourie, Jean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health Education; Health Promotion; Public Health; Smoking; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035288870     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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