"We made the rule, we have to stick to it": Towards effective management of environmental tobacco smoke in remote Australian aboriginal communities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4944-4966

  Robertson, Jan ^a   Pointing, Boris Shane ^a   Stevenson, Leah ^a   Clough, Alan R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australian; Environmental tobacco smoke; Remote communities; Smoke free policies

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; TOBACCO SMOKE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GRASSROOTS LEVEL; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

ARNHEM LAND; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PUBLIC POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885917292     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10104944     Document Type: Article

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