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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Surveying all outdoor smokefree signage in contrasting suburbs: methods and results

Nick Wilson A B and George Thomson A
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A Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington South 6021, New Zealand.

B Corresponding author. Email: nick.wilson@otago.ac.nz

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 28(3) 264-265 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE16079
Submitted: 8 July 2016  Accepted: 21 November 2016   Published: 19 January 2017


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