Impact of the Massachusetts tobacco control programme: Population based trend analysis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 321, Issue 7257, 2000, Pages 351-354

  Biener, Lois ^a   Harris, Jeffrey E ^b   Hamilton, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TAX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034609235     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7257.351     Document Type: Article

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