"Our class does not smoke"; The Czech version of the "smoke-free class competition" programme

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 163-166

  Hrubá, Drahoslava ^a   Zachovalová, Veronika ^a   Matějová, Halina ^a   Daňková, Irena ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Smoke free class competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749044814     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3441     Document Type: Article

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