"They're going to die anyway": Smoking shelters at Veterans' facilities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 604-612

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

COMMERCE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; POLITICS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; VETERANS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875197800     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301022     Document Type: Article

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