National and state cost savings associated with prohibiting smoking in subsidized and public housing in the United States

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  King, Brian A ^a   Peck, Richard M ^b   Babb, Stephen D ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FIRE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKING; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

COST SAVINGS; FIRES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HOUSING; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921658532     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd11.140222     Document Type: Article

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