Tobacco is a global paediatric concern

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-

  Lando, Harry A ^a   Hipple, Bethany J ^b   Muramoto, Myra ^c   Klein, Jonathan D ^d   Prokhorov, Alexander V ^e   Ossip, Deborah J ^d   Winickoff, Jonathan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARENT COUNSELING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 74549172844     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.069583     Document Type: Editorial

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