Smoking inside vehicles should be banned globally

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1158-1159

  Desapriya, Ediriweera ^a   Turcotte, Kate ^a   Subzwari, Sayed ^a   Pike, Ian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LETTER; MORTALITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; CAR; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSING; JUVENILE; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PATERNALISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSING; HUMANS; MINORS; PARENTS; PATERNALISM; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 67650759606     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.160127     Document Type: Letter

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