Status of implementation of framework convention on tobacco control (FCTC) in Ghana: A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Owusu Dabo, Ellis ^a,b   McNeill, Ann ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a   Gilmore, Anna ^c   Britton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GHANA; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 77349102689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-1     Document Type: Article

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