Cigarette characteristic and emission variations across high-, middle- and low-income countries

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 667-674

  O'Connor, R J ^a   Wilkins, K J ^a   Caruso, R V ^a   Cummings, K M ^a   Kozlowski, L T ^b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions; Regulation; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NICOTINE; TAR;

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION; HEALTH RISK; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; WORLD BANK;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FILTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOISTURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAPER; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO; WEIGHT;

CARBON MONOXIDE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICOTINE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 78649638231     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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