Odol, autobahne and a non-smoking Führer: Reflections on the innocence of public health

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 537-539

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

History of public health; Public health ethics; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONSUMER; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MOUTHWASH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICAL THEORY; EXHIBITS; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING;

EID: 20744454000     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi039     Document Type: Article

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