Breaking and re-entering: British American Tobacco in China 1979-2000

Tobacco Control

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Lee, K ^a   Gilmore, A B ^a   Collin, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW; MARKET; MARKETING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADVERTISING; CHINA; COMMERCE; CRIME; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MARKETING; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 10344246589     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2004.009258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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