R.J. Reynolds' Targeting of African Americans: 1988-2000

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 822-827

  Balbach, Edith D ^a   Gasior, Rebecca J ^b   Barbeau, Elizabeth M ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FANTASY; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIBLIOMETRICS; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; CONSUMER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIBLIOMETRICS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARKETING; MINORITY GROUPS; PERIODICALS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHILADELPHIA; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037980099     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.5.822     Document Type: Article

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