Relationships between community characteristics and municipal smoke-free bylaw status and strength

Health Policy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 358-368

  Nykiforuk, Candace ^a   Campbell, Sharon ^b,c   Cameron, Roy ^b,c   Brown, Stephen ^c,d   Eyles, John ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Societe canadienne du cancer   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO TOBACCO RESEARCH UNIT   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health policy; Legislation; Population characteristics; Second hand smoke; Smoke free bylaws

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING HABIT; WORKPLACE;

ALBERTA; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ONTARIO; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 33845401206     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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