Engendering tobacco control policy in Taiwan: The case of female smoking

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-124

  Chang, Chueh ^a   Chang, Hsin Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Female smoking; Gender based analysis; Tobacco control policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; TOBACCO; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 33745626110     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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