The tobacco industry's response to the COMMIT trial: An analysis of legacy tobacco documents

Public Health Reports

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 501-508

  Carlini, Beatriz H ^a,b   Patrick, Donald L ^a   Halperin, Abigail C ^a,c   Santos, Verena ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Free and Clear Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; ADOLESCENT; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RECUMBENCY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DECEPTION; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749041248     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490612100504     Document Type: Article

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