Reduced hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction after implementation of a smoke-free ordinance - City of Pueblo, Colorado, 2002--2006

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 51-52, 2009, Pages 1373-1377

  Alsever, R N ^a   Thomas, W M ^b   Nevin Woods, C ^c   Beauvais, R ^c   Dennison, S ^c   Bueno, R ^c   Chang, L ^d   Bartecchi, C E ^e   Babb, S ^f   Trosclair, A ^f   Engstrom, M ^f   Pechacek, T ^f   Kaufmann, R ^f  

^a Parkview Medical Center

^b St Mary Corwin Medical Center   (United States)

^c Pueblo City County Health Dept

^d Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

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EID: 58649101101     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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