Swedish snus and the GothiaTek® standard

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rutqvist, Lars E ^a   Curvall, Margareta ^b   Hassler, Thord ^b   Ringberger, Tommy ^b   Wahlberg, Inger ^a  

^a Swedish Match AB   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Match North Europe AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; History chemical analysis; Smokeless tobacco; Swedish snus

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTORY; LAW; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

EID: 79955883509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-8-11     Document Type: Review

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