Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin: destroying tobacco control activism from the inside.
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چکیده
Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin, a specialist firm based in Washington DC, has honed a niche as expert intelligence gatherers, helping tobacco companies such as Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds to damage tobacco control efforts, including the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Tobacco control
دوره 11 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002