SimSmoke model evaluation of the effect of tobacco control policies in Korea: The unknown success story

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1267-1273

  Levy, David T ^a   Cho, Sung Il ^b   Kim, Young Mee ^b   Park, Susan ^b   Suh, Mee Kyung ^c   Kam, Sin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea institute for Health and Social Affairs   (South Korea)

^d Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953555126     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.166900     Document Type: Article

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