How tobacco health warnings can foster autonomy

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-219

  Barton, Adrien ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; HUMAN; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84880754780     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/pht011     Document Type: Article

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