High support for a tobacco endgame by Pacific peoples who smoke: National survey data

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1316, 2010, Pages 131-134

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a   Thomson, George ^a   Weerasekera, Deepa ^a   Talemaitoga, Api ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 77953483913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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