Assessing the effects of the introduction of the New Zealand smokefree environment act 2003 on acute myocardial infarction hospital admissions in Christchurch, New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 515-520

  Barnett, Ross ^a   Pearce, Jamie ^b   Moon, Graham ^c   Elliott, John ^d   Barnett, Pauline ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hospital admissions; Myocardial infarction; Smokefree environments; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLICY; SMOKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING;

EID: 74949124527     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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