Assessing the Impact of the National Smoking Ban in Indoor Public Places in China: Evidence from Quit Smoking Related Online Searches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Jidong ^a   Zheng, Rong ^b   Emery, Sherry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; ONLINE ANALYSIS; SEARCH ENGINE; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84878896139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065577     Document Type: Article

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