Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 6 , Pages 332-336 , 1 November 2006

Ambulatory Pediatric Association Policy on Tobacco

  • Dana Best, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General and Community Pediatrics and Center for Health Services and Community Research, Children’s National Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dana Best, MD, MPH, The Smoke Free Project, Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010-2970
    • ,
  • Deborah A. Moss, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Penn
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  • Jonathan P. Winickoff, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • MGH Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy and MGH Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Ambulatory Pediatric Association Standing Committee on Public Policy and Advocacy (Lisa Simpson, MB, BCH, MPH, Chair)

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PII: S1530-1567(06)00206-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.09.002

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 6 , Pages 332-336 , 1 November 2006

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