Smokefree outdoor areas without the smoke-police: The New Zealand local authority experience

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1303, 2009, Pages 67-79

  Hyslop, Brent ^a   Thomson, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE; FREEDOM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; PARK; PLACE PREFERENCE; PLAYGROUND; POLITICS; PUBLIC FIGURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKE FREE OUTDOOR AREA POLICY; SPORTS FIELD; STAFF; WORKER;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEW ZEALAND; POLICE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 70449470919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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