Critical realism: A practical ontology to explain the complexities of smoking and tobacco control in different resource settings

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Oladele, Dunsi ^a   Clark, Alexander M ^a   Richter, Solina ^a   Laing, Lory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Critical realism; Developing countries; Health policy; Lagos; Nigeria; Smoking; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CRITICAL REALISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAGOS; LEGAL ASPECT; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO CONTROL;

AFRICA; CRITICAL REALISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; LAGOS; NIGERIA; SMOKING; TOBACCO CONTROL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NIGERIA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880154742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19303     Document Type: Article

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