Tobacco control in Poland-Successes and challenges

Translational Lung Cancer Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 280-285

  Jassem, Jacek ^a   Przewoźniak, Krzysztof ^b   Zatoński, Witold ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Poland; Successes and challenges; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PHYSICIAN; POLAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SMOKING REGULATION; TAX; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84953364809     PISSN: 22186751     EISSN: 22264477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2014.09.12     Document Type: Review

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