How long is the yardstick for smoking bans in Switzerland?

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 797-798

  Röösli, Martin ^a,b   Rajkumar, Sarah ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

HUMANS; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84890543483     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0516-8     Document Type: Editorial

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