To whom does 'public health' belong when it comes to 'waterpipe' smoking?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 583-

  Chaouachi, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH STATUS; LETTER; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; WATERPIPE SMOKING;

FRANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 58149310980     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00319.x     Document Type: Letter

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