Open doorway to truth: Legacy of the Minnesota tobacco trial

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 446-456

  Hurt, Richard D ^a   Ebbert, Jon O ^a   Muggli, Monique E ^a   Lockhart, Nikki J ^a   Robertson, Channing R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; LAW SUIT; MARKETING; REVIEW; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149185453     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/84.5.446     Document Type: Review

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