Tobacco advertisements targeted on women: Creating an awareness among women

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-78

  Kaleta, Dorota ^b   Usidame, Bukola ^a   Polańska, Kinga ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Smoking; Tobacco advertisements; Women; World health organization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961114306     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3639     Document Type: Article

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