Secret science: Tobacco industry research on smoking behaviour and cigarette toxicity

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Volumn 367, Issue 9512, 2006, Pages 781-787

  Hammond, David ^a   Collishaw, Neil E ^b   Callard, Cynthia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TAR;

BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CIGARETTE TOXICITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MARKETING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 33644661386     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68077-X     Document Type: Review

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