Global anti-smoking campaigns urgently needed

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9795, 2011, Pages 970-971

  Mullin, Sandra ^a  

^a World Lung Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTISMOKING PROGRAM; CAUSE OF DEATH; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; NOTE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80052734244     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61058-1     Document Type: Note

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