Undoing an epidemiological paradox: The tobacco industry's targeting of US immigrants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2188-2193

  Acevedo Garcia, Dolores ^a   Barbeau, Elizabeth ^a,b   Bishop, Jennifer Anne ^a   Pan, Jocelyn ^c   Emmons, Karen M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MARKETING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9644270532     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2188     Document Type: Article

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