Signed, sealed and delivered: "Big tobacco" in Hollywood, 1927-1951

Tobacco Control

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 313-323

  Lum, K L ^a   Polansky, J R ^b   Jackler, R K ^c   Glantz, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Onbeyond LLC   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MARKETING; PUBLIC FIGURE; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MARKETING; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 53249115272     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2008.025445     Document Type: Article

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