The public health approach to motor vehicles, tobacco, and alcohol, with applications to firearms policy

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 381-402

  Hemenway, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIREARM; GOVERNMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035666994     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3343157     Document Type: Article

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