Are current tobacco pictorial warnings in india effective?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-124

  Oswal, Kunal C ^a   Raute, Lalit J ^a   Pednekar, Mangesh S ^a   Gupta, Prakash C ^a  

^a HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Health warnings in India; Ineffectiveness; Tobacco product packages

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958761290     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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