Winning against big tobacco: Let's take the time to get it right

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 378-385

  Humphrey III, Hubert H ^b   Nyberg, Luanne ^a  

^a Office of the Attorney General   (United States)

^b Office of the Attorney General ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INDUSTRY; LAW SUIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MINNESOTA; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030851162     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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