Is the standard compliance check protocol a valid measure of the accessibility of tobacco to underage smokers?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-232

  DiFranza, Joseph R ^a   Savageau, Judith A ^a   Bouchard, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance check protocol; Underage smokers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 0035464161     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.10.3.227     Document Type: Article

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