Tobacco control in Europe: a deadly lack of progress.

نویسندگان

  • Ann McNeill
  • Lorraine Craig
  • Marc C Willemsen
  • Geoffrey T Fong
چکیده

Correspondence: Ann McNeill, UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, T: +44-115 823 1699, e-mail: [email protected] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • European journal of public health

دوره 22 Suppl 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012