Tobacco talk: Reflections on corporate power and the legal framing of consumption

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 500-521

  Benson, Peter ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Industry; Public health; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

AGRICULTURE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 78650069705     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01120.x     Document Type: Article

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