Education on the dangers of passive smoking: A cessation strategy past due

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1521-1523

  Schane, Rebecca E ^a   Glantz, Stanton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Editorials; Peripheral vascular disease; Secondhand smoke; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LAW; OBESITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; NOTE; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; STROKE;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CHINA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 55249093134     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.805259     Document Type: Editorial

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