The impact of tobacco prices on smoking onset in Vietnam: Duration analyses of retrospective data

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-39

  Guindon, G Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Duration analysis; Smoking initiation; Smoking onset; Tobacco prices; Tobacco taxes; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; TAX; TOBACCO; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84898598262     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-012-0444-1     Document Type: Article

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