Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 52-54 , July 2010

From Framingham to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

  • Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Derek Yach MBChB MPH, Senior Vice President, Global Health Policy, PepsiCo, Inc., 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577.

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PII: S0033-0620(10)00087-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2010.05.001

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 52-54 , July 2010