Flemish adolescents' perceptions of cigarette plain packaging: A qualitative study with focus group discussions

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Van Hal, Guido ^a   Van Roosbroeck, Sofie ^a   Vriesacker, Bart ^a   Arts, Matheus ^b   Hoeck, Sarah ^a   Fraeyman, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PACKAGING; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 84873140256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001424     Document Type: Article

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