The triumph of national smoke-free legislation

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1377-1379

  Pell, Jill P ^a   Haw, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Collaboration on Public Health Research Policy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; CREATINE KINASE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 69249128737     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.176230     Document Type: Editorial

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