Are homeless transitional shelters receptive to environmental tobacco control interventions?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-144

  Arangua, Lisa ^a   McCarthy, William J ^b   Moskowitz, Rebecca ^c   Gelberg, Lillian ^a   Kuo, Tony ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California Los Angeles ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 34247543805     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2006.018697     Document Type: Letter

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