British American Tobacco and the "insidious impact of illicit trade" in cigarettes across Africa

Tobacco Control

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 339-346

  Legresley, E ^a   Lee, K ^b   Muggli, Monique E ^c   Patel, P ^b   Collin, J ^d   Hurt, R D ^c  

^a 4 Bank Note Pvt   (Canada)

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

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

AFRICA; COMMERCE; CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MARKETING; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 53249121574     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2008.025999     Document Type: Article

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