Price and consumption of tobacco in Italy over the last three decades

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 333-337

  Gallus, S ^a   Fernandez, E ^b,c   Townsend, J ^d   Schiaffino, A ^b   La Vecchia, C ^a,e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health surveys; Italy; Price; Smuggling; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; MODEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

COMMERCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042738863     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200308000-00015     Document Type: Article

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