Trafficking in Tobacco Farm Culture: Tobacco Companies' Use of Video Imagery to Undermine Health Policy
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Trafficking in tobacco farm culture: Tobacco companies use of video imagery to undermine health policy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Visual Anthropology Review
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1058-7187,1548-7458
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-7458.2009.01006.x