Legislating "sound science": The role of the tobacco industry

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Baba, Annamaria ^a   Cook, Daniel M ^b   McGarity, Thomas O ^c   Bero, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAW; LAW SUIT; LUNG CANCER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PEER REVIEW; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENCE; STANDARD; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EXPERT TESTIMONY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SCIENCE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22744436449     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.050963     Document Type: Article

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