A new opportunity to eliminate policy incoherence in tobacco control in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1311, 2010, Pages 89-92

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Thomson, George ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; LETTER; NEW ZEALAND; POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; NEW ZEALAND; POLITICS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 77949837385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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