Smoking in contemporary German television programming

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 308-312

  Hanewinkel, Reiner ^a   Wiborg, Gudrun ^a  

^a IFT Nord   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Prevalence; Smoking; Television

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MARKETING; MASS MEDIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEVISION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34948842421     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-007-6107-9     Document Type: Article

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