'Balancing acts': The politics and processes of smokefree area policymaking in a small state

Health Policy

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-86

  Wilson, Helen ^a   Thomson, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Children; Evidence based policy; Nanny state; Smokefree area policy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEW ZEALAND; POLITICS; PUBLIC FIGURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKE; SMOKING;

HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW ZEALAND; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SMOKING;

EID: 79956041872     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

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