Changing behaviour through state intervention

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7687, 2009, Pages 121-

  Marteau, Theresa M ^a   Oliver, Adam ^c   Ashcroft, Richard E ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE;

EID: 78650758993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2543     Document Type: Editorial

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