Accessibility of cigarettes to minors in suburban Cook County, Illinois

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-160

  McDermott, Scan R ^a   Scott, Karen L ^a   Frintner, Mary Pat ^a  

^a Cook Co Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COMMERCE; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; PLANTS, TOXIC; SUBURBAN HEALTH; TOBACCO;

EID: 0031958837     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018765508858     Document Type: Article

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