Ninety-six percent of New Zealand smokers support smokefree cars containing preschool children

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1285, 2008, Pages

  Thomson, George ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Weerasekera, Deepa ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; CAR; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LETTER; NEW ZEALAND; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 56649086397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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