Smoking in top-grossing movies - United States, 1991-2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 59, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 1014-1017

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ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955967502     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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