Why strong tobacco control measures "can't" be implemented in the U.S. military: A qualitative analysis

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1202-1207

  Smith, Elizabeth A ^a   Malone, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MILITARY MEDICINE; SMOKING; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867504487     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00199     Document Type: Article

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