American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 340-343 , March 2010

Economic Impacts of the Pueblo Smokefree Air Act

  • Walter F. Young, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Section, Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, Colorado
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Walter F. Young, PhD, Klein Buendel, Inc. Research Section, 1667 Cole Boulevard, Suite 225, Golden CO 80401
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  • Jeffery Szychowski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Department, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Shelley Karp, BA

      Affiliations

    • Abacus Statistical Consultants, Lakewood, Colorado
    • ,
  • Lucia Liu, MS

      Affiliations

    • Statistics Section, Klein Buendel, Inc., Golden, Colorado
    • ,
  • Robert T. Diedrich, MSS

      Affiliations

    • Denver Health, Denver, Colorado

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doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.11.008

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 340-343 , March 2010

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