Getting an outdoor smokefree policy: The case of Kapiti Coast District Council

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1308, 2010, Pages 28-40

  Halkett, Leigh ^a   Thomson, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECREATION; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 75849123788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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