The use and misuse of health research by parliamentary politicians during the development of a national smokefree law

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Thomson, George ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 39049100465     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-4-24     Document Type: Article

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