A critique of the WHO TobReg's "Advisory Note" report entitled: "Waterpipe tobacco smoking: Health effects, research needs and recommended actions by regulators"

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chaouachi, Kamal ^a  

^a Department of Tobacco Control ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TAR;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SMOKING; TOBACCO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33751546669     PISSN: 14775751     EISSN: 14775751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-5751-5-17     Document Type: Review

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