The tobacco pack surveillance system: A protocol for assessing health warning compliance, design features, and appeals of tobacco packs sold in low- And middle-income countries

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Smith, Katherine ^a   Washington, Carmen ^a   Brown, Jennifer ^a   Vadnais, Alison ^a   Kroart, Laura ^a   Ferguson, Jacqueline ^a   Cohen, Joanna ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Developing countries; Health communication; Marketing; National health policy; Public health surveillance; Tobacco products

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043546767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23692960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.4616     Document Type: Article

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