The tobacco endgame: A qualitative review and synthesis

Tobacco Control

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 594-604

  McDaniel, Patricia A ^a   Smith, Elizabeth A ^a   Malone, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SMOKING PREVENTION;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING PREVENTION; TOBACCO SMOKING;

EID: 84940878403     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052356     Document Type: Review

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