Strength of tobacco control in rural communities

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-128

  York, Nancy L ^a   Rayens, Mary Kay ^b   Zhang, Mei ^b   Jones, Lisa G ^b   Casey, Baretta R ^c   Hahn, Ellen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke pollution; Rural communities; Strength of tobacco control; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENTUCKY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 77953080593     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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