Cigarette sales to African-American and White minors in low-income areas of Baltimore

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 652-654

  Voorhees, Carolyn C ^a,d   Swank, Roben T ^a   Stillman, Frances A ^a,b   Harris, Donna X ^a,c   Watson Jr , Herbert W ^a   Becker, Diane M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c State of Maryland   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARKETING; NEGRO; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031005666     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.4.652     Document Type: Article

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