Dimensions underlying legislator support for tobacco control policies

Tobacco Control

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-139

  De Guia, N A ^a,b   Cohen, J E ^b   Ashley, M J ^b   Ferrence, R ^b   Rehm, J ^b,e   Studlar, D T ^c   Northrup, D ^d  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HYPOTHESIS; LAW; MODEL; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SMOKING CESSATION; SUPPORT GROUP; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 1542757120     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.12.2.133     Document Type: Article

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