Reducing cigarette sales to minors in an urban setting: Issues and opportunities for merchant intervention

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 138-142

  Voorhees, Carolyn C ^a,b   Yanek, Lisa R ^a   Stillman, Frances A ^a   Becker, Diane M ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSTILITY; JUVENILE; LAW; NEGRO; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; CHILD; COMMERCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PLANTS, TOXIC; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TOBACCO; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032004715     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(97)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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