How the tobacco industry responded to an influential study of the health effects of secondhand smoke

BMJ

Volumn 325, Issue 7377, 2002, Pages 1413-

  Hong, mi Kyung ^a   Bero, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NICOTINE;

CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MARRIAGE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPOUSE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH SUPPORT; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0037079433     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1413     Document Type: Article

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