Tobacco sales to minors in Italy

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Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-285

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Tramacere, Irene ^a   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^b   Colombo, Paolo ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Gallup International Association   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Minors; Population survey; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; JUVENILE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKETING; PREVALENCE; PURCHASING; TOBACCO;

ANNUAL SURVEYS; ITALIAN POPULATION; ITALY; MINORS; POPULATION SURVEY; SMOKING PREVALENCES; TOBACCO SMOKING;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PURCHASING; SALES; SURVEYS;

TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 67849088417     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160909500302     Document Type: Article

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