A breath of fresh air worth spreading: Media coverage of retailer abandonment of tobacco sales

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 562-569

  McDaniel, Patricia A ^a   Offen, Naphtali ^a   Yerger, Valerie B ^a   Malone, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; ORGANIZATION; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

BIBLIOMETRICS; COMMERCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIA; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894084031     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301564     Document Type: Article

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