Research and activism for tobacco control in the Arab world

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9915, 2014, Pages 392-393

  Nakkash, Rima ^a   Afifi, Rima ^a   Maziak, Wasim ^b,c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; AMBIENT AIR; ARAB; CATALYST; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; LEBANON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84895068418     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62381-8     Document Type: Note

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