American cigarette manufacturers' ability to pay damages: Overview and a rough calculation

Tobacco Control

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 292-294

  Harris, Jeffrey E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

HUMANS; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 0030323035     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.5.4.292     Document Type: Article

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