Banning smoking in public places: Time to clear the air

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1778-1779

  Eisner, Mark D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAW; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RESPIRATORY CARE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33749595361     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.14.1778     Document Type: Editorial

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