The Outing of Philip Morris: Advertising Tobacco to Gay Men

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 988-993

  Smith, Elizabeth A ^a   Malone, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PUBLISHING; RECUMBENCY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVERTISING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECEPTION; DISCLOSURE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PUBLISHING; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037902862     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.6.988     Document Type: Article

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