Commentary: Assessing the effects of the Scottish Smokefree Law - The placebo effect and the importance of obtaining unbiased data

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-156

  Glantz, Stanton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOM SAMPLE; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447327834     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl303     Document Type: Article

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