Lessons for aboriginal tobacco control in remote communities: An evaluation of the Northern territory tobacco project'

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-49

  Thomas, David ^a   Johnston, Vanessa ^a   Fitz, Joseph ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Indigenous; Remote; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; TOBACCO;

ADULT; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO;

EID: 77649194188     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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