Crossing geographical, legal and moral boundaries: The Belgian cigarette black market

Tobacco Control

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-65

  Vander Beken, T ^a   Janssens, J ^a   Verpoest, K ^a   Balcaen, A ^a   Vander Laenen, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38949150807     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2007.022749     Document Type: Article

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