Cigarette trafficking in five northeastern US cities

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue E1, 2014, Pages

  Davis, Kevin C ^a   Grimshaw, Victoria ^b   Merriman, David ^c,d   Farrelly, Matthew C ^a   Chernick, Howard ^e   Coady, Micaela H ^b   Campbell, Kelsey ^a   Kansagra, Susan M ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c Department of Public Administration Institute of Government and Public Affairs ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; OREX PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM;

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TAX; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMMERCE; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901826377     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051244     Document Type: Article

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