Tackling a root cause of chronic lung disease: The ATS, FDA, and tobacco control

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1281-1282

  Wewers, Mary Ellen ^a   Munzer, Alfred ^b   Ewart, Gary ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOBACCO; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 77954481212     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201004-0559ED     Document Type: Editorial

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