The invisible hand: How British American Tobacco precluded competition in Uzbekistan

Tobacco Control

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-247

  Gilmore, Anna B ^a   McKee, Martin ^a   Collin, Jeff ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; STANDARD; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UZBEKISTAN;

DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POLITICS; PRIVATIZATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 34547678186     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2006.017129     Document Type: Article

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