A lost opportunity for public health - The FDA advisory committee report on menthol

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2177-2179

  Siegel, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 79958190247     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1103403     Document Type: Short Survey

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