A Chilling Example? Uruguay, Philip Morris International, and WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 256-277

  Russell, Andrew ^a   Wainwright, Megan ^a   Mamudu, Hadii ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global health diplomacy; Politics of resignation; Tobacco control; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; URUGUAY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; POLITICS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; URUGUAY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84932179038     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12141     Document Type: Article

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