Regulation of smoking in public housing

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2319-

  Winickoff, Jonathan P ^a   Gottlieb, Mark ^b   Mello, Michelle M ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

AUTHORITY; BUILDING; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL AREA; REVIEW; SMOKING; ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

CIVIL RIGHTS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HOUSING; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 77953717860     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMhle1000941     Document Type: Article

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