The importance of tobacco research focusing on marginalized groups

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1049-1051

  Passey, Megan ^a   Bonevski, Billie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence; Indigenous; Marginalized groups; Priority; Research; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; RESEARCH; TOBACCO USE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

HUMANS; RESEARCH; TOBACCO USE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84902103652     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12548     Document Type: Editorial

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