A cross-sectional survey of experts' opinions about the relative effectiveness of tobacco control strategies for the general population versus disadvantaged groups: What do we choose in the absence of evidence?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Paul, Christine L ^a,b,c   Turon, Heidi ^a,c   Bonevski, Billie ^a,c   Bryant, Jamie ^a,c   McElduff, Patrick ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expert opinion; Indigenous health; Low income population; Mental illness; Smoking cessation; Socioeconomic status; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84889052516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1144     Document Type: Article

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