Tobacco cessation and weight loss: Trends in media coverage

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-374

  Shiffman, Saul ^a   Sweeney, Christine T ^a   Ertischek, Michelle D ^a   Kyle, Theodore K ^b   Rohay, Jeffrey M ^a   Burton, Steven L ^b  

^a PINNEY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Mass media; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746903586     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.30.4.3     Document Type: Article

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