Banning tobacco sales in pharmacies: The right prescription

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1451-1453

  Katz, Mitchell H ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; NOTE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 52449120957     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.12.1451     Document Type: Note

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