Public Smoking Bans Are Good for the Heart

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1256-1257

  Schroeder, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; incidence; public health; secondhand smoke; smoking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 70349165367     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.08.006     Document Type: Editorial

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