Attitudes to, and knowledge of, secondhand smoke in New Zealand homes and cars

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1213, 2005, Pages

  Thomson, George W ^a   Wilson, Nick A ^a   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CAR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NEW ZEALAND; PASSIVE SMOKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; STROKE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 23044491213     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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