The impact of prices and taxes on the use of tobacco products in latin america and the caribbean

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e9-e19

  Guindon, G Emmanuel ^a   Paraje, Guillermo R ^b   Chaloupka, Frank J ^c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CARIBBEAN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SMOKING; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TAX; TOBACCO; UTILIZATION;

CARIBBEAN REGION; COMMERCE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84922750987     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302396     Document Type: Review

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