The Spanish smoking law: A model to be followed?

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-232

  López, María José ^a  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; SMOKING; SPAIN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICY MAKING; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 77955877090     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0129-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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