Channels of cigarette distribution, price and tobacco consumption in Italy

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-134

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Fernandez, Esteve ^b,c   Pacifici, Roberta ^d   Colombo, Paolo ^e   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^d   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Apolone, Giovanni ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,f  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Gallup International Association   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health surveys; Italy; Price; Smuggling; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; ITALY; MACHINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

EID: 32144451843     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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