Youth access to tobacco: The effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-224

  Difranza, Joseph R ^a   Savageau, Judith A ^a   Aisquith, Bryan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INDUSTRY; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARKETING; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PLANTS, TOXIC; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 0030021982     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.2.221     Document Type: Article

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