The effect of imposing a higher, uniform tobacco tax in Vietnam

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Van Kinh, Hoang ^a   Ross, Hana ^b   Levy, David ^c   Minh, Nguyen Thac ^a   Ngoc, Vu Thi Bich ^d  

^a Thuongmai University   (Viet Nam)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^d Institute of Finance   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; VIET NAM;

EID: 33748176031     PISSN: 14784505     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-4-6     Document Type: Article

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