Town-level characteristics and smoking policy adoption in Massachusetts: are local restaurant smoking regulations fostering disparities in health protection?

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Published in Am J Public Health on February 01, 2004

Authors

Margie Skeer1, Sarah George, William L Hamilton, Debbie M Cheng, Michael Siegel

Author Affiliations

1: Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health, MA 02118, USA. skeer@bu.edu

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