Law as a Tool for Preventing Chronic Diseases: Expanding the Spectrum of Effective Public Health Strategies

• Main Authors: George A. Mensah (Author), Richard A. Goodman (Author), Stephanie Zaza (Author), Anthony D. Moulton (Author), Paula L. Kocher (Author), William H. Dietz (Author), Terry F. Pechacek (Author), James S. Marks (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In part one of this 2-part series, we reviewed the important roles that laws have played in public health and provided examples of specific laws and their effectiveness in supporting public health interventions (1). We suggested that conceptual legal frameworks for systematically applying law to pre...