Smoke free hospitals

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7396, 2003, Pages 941-942

  McKee, Martin ^a   Gilmore, Anna ^a   Novotny, Thomas E ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038076497     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7396.941     Document Type: Editorial

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