You've come a long way baby: Women and the tobacco epidemic

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 553-557

  Richmond, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MARKETING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0038442625     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00342.x     Document Type: Editorial

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