Tobacco control progress in low and middle income countries in comparison to high income countries

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Anderson, Carrie L ^a   Becher, Heiko ^b   Winkler, Volker ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global tobacco epidemic; Low income countries; Middle income countries; MPOWER; Policy measures; Smoking prevalence; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH POLICY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 84992699740     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13101039     Document Type: Article

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