Are transnational tobacco companies' market access strategies linked to economic development models? A case study of South Korea

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 435-448

  Lee, Sungkyu ^a   Holden, Chris ^b   Lee, Kelley ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic development models; tobacco control; tobacco industry strategies; trade liberalisation; transnational tobacco companies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INVESTMENT; LICENSING; MARKET; MEDLINE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARKETING; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876325363     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.758762     Document Type: Review

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