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Simulation Modeling and Tobacco Control
Creating More Robust Public Health Policies
- In: American Journal of Public Health
- By: Levy DT, Bauer JE, and Lee HR
- Publisher: American Public Health Association
- Published: 3/1/2006
A case study involving tobacco control programs in Arizona was presented to illustrate the capabilities of simulation modeling to measure the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking and mortality due to smoking. “Full Court Press” (FC
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