Factors influencing cigarette smoking and quantified implications for anti-smoking policy: Evidence from South Korea

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 409-419

  Chung, Woojin ^a   Kim, Hanjoong ^b   Lim, Seungji ^a   Lee, Sunmi ^c   Cho, Kyungsook ^d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Health Insurance Policy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^d Ministry of Health and Welfare   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Policy simulation; Public health; Smoking; South Korea; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449117472     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0087-x     Document Type: Article

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